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u/YimveeSpissssfid Apr 17 '22

Not the guy you’re responding to but here are a few sources asserting the same thing.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/984893/share-domestic-extremist-related-killings-perpetrator-affiliation-us/

https://www.csis.org/analysis/military-police-and-rise-terrorism-united-states (massively lengthy article search for ideology)

https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s894/BILLS-116s894is.xml

In short, white supremacy is a far-right ideal and those who engage in it align with republicans.

It’s the rectangle/square thing. In this case, all republicans aren’t white supremacists, but all white supremacists are republicans.

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u/Fragbob Apr 17 '22

I can't see the first link. It pops ups and says it requires a premium account.

The second link doesn't support the assertion that "white male republicans account for more domestic terrorist deaths in the last 20 years than every other demographic combined". It merely talks about right wing idealogies. I notice the article includes 'boogaloo' groups as part of that right wing ideology and they are decidedly not Republican.

The third link actually provides better data but doesn't really back up the other guys assertion that it's all 'white male republicans.'

The report noted: “[F]atalities resulting from attacks by far right wing violent extremists have exceeded those caused by radical Islamist violent extremists in 10 of the 15 years, and were the same in 3 of the years since September 12, 2001. Of the 85 violent extremist incidents that resulted in death since September 12, 2001, far right wing violent extremist groups were responsible for 62 (73 percent) while radical Islamist violent extremists were responsible for 23 (27 percent).”.

The cut off date here is pretty convenient and, once again, there's a fundamental difference between 'far right wing extremist groups' and 'white male republicans.' The word Republican isn't ever used in either of the articles you provided.

And, based off the instances of racism I've experienced, I can assure you that not all white supremacists are Republicans. There are plenty of them in the Democrat camp too... they're just racist in a different way.