“…Various domestic terror groups on BOTH far left & right…”
I would really like to know what a far right or left terrorist group is. In 2016 the theory that Thomas Greven intoduced in the 19th century and still used today was reconfirmed and that it suggested that right-wing populism is a cause of right-wing terrorism. More simply put, populism supports the advancement of “the average citizen”, not the agendas of the privileged elite which is the exact purpose of our Constitution. Greven defines right-wing populists as those who support ethnocentrism, and oppose immigration. Of course, opposing immigration because they aren’t good enough to be here because of their lifestyle or their skin color or their history might be a confirmed step in his theory. But they are not being held out (legally) for those reasons. They are a drain on the economy and a blockaide for the successes of US citizens by taking jobs citizens might be able to do.
Ethnocentrism is a term mostly used in social sciences in reference to the act of believing that one’s culture is superior to all other cultures. Ethnocentrism is used in social sciences and anthropology to describe the act of judging another culture as inferior and believing that the values and standards of one’s own culture are superior to those of all other cultures. So by the words he is using, are right wing terrorist groups for elitism or not. What he is defining is the same elitist thought process for both. And if the premise is major cause of right wing terrorist acts, and it is the same as the acts by others as they feel the same way, how can there be anything but one terrorist group based upon that theory?
I guess if you are considered an expert, you can say anything and it will be written in stone. They need to open up their eyes and see the forest for the trees.
rwood
Nation of Islam is sometimes called “far right” because it is black nationalist and they often criticize the black community’s moral failings, homosexuals, etc.