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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://apps.revealnews.org/homegrown-terror/

This is the page with the "map."

Scroll to the bottom. The link in Orange that says "See our methodology." I have clicked it multiple times and get a blank page.[/quote]

The methodology is here.  http://www.revealnews.org/article/how-we-analyzed-domestic-terror-incidents/

I think they did a good job of harvesting data from sites representing multiple points of view.  [/quote]

So why is Jared Lee Loughner listed as "right wing?" It's patently false.[/quote]

Loughner was mentally ill but to say "patently false" is a stretch as well.

1.) Loughner shot a Democrat (Gabby Giffords) and nearly killed her, left her severely disabled for life, and did kill a Democrat staffer.  He didn't target anyone on the right.

2.) Loughner spouted right wing talking points about the gold standard taking many of them directly from the right wing "Patriot" movement and David Wynn Miller, he talked about government enslaving the people and not trusting the government, along with citing many things from Ayn Rand.  Those are all far right extremist points with far more in common with the Tea Party and Freedom Caucus than with anyone on the left.[/quote]

Loughner was mentally ill but clearly based on his rants and his attack on Democrats was far more motivated to violence by right wing rhetoric and ideology than he was by left wing rhetoric and ideology.[/quote]

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