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[quote=Anonymous]Mental health issues are ALWAYS the background profile of ALL the lone wolves who go through with murderous violence.

But the political tendencies of wannabe domestic terrorists tend to fall into a racist, xenophobic pattern that aligns with far-right ideals, because that sort of anger is much more easily accessible in the human mind, which already comes pre-built with tribalist instincts, than any leftist anger against Big Corp/Pharma/Tech, wealthy people, etc, which is much more non-obvious, cerebral and complex form of resentment, and is therefore out of reach of most human beings.

Studies show that despite threats from both political extremes, the immense majority of *realistic* threats come from the extreme right. Indeed, far right domestic terrorism is top of the list of concerns for the FBI.

These are the FACTS, people. I do not fault normal, decent, conservatives for spawning violent rhetoric and triggering violent acts among the mentally ill. The average GOP voter is not responsible for that, just the as average Democrat is not responsible for any of the pandemic-era BLM looting and burning.

But we've got to accept that the right tends to exploit racial, ethnic and religious tribalism more than the left, and that's why lone wolf assassins tend to have extreme-right beliefs, on average. There are exceptions, but they do nothing more than prove the rule.

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