Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

RoyalIndependence500 t1_j7qk488 wrote

Reply to comment by TheTowerBard in What's going on today with calls to schools about shooters? by polarbearrape

Similar to the domestic terrorists who are shooting and trying to destroy our power grid.

22

TheTowerBard t1_j7qki0w wrote

Exactly. Right-wing domestic terrorism has been steadily rising since the 90s but folks still want to ignore it.

19

RoyalIndependence500 t1_j7qwryj wrote

I have a friend in the federal government (a law enforcement division) who currently works out West. Of course he can’t discuss much, but he has commented that the situation is much worse than the public realizes. He has concerns that we are in a long term situation that will deteriorate much sooner than any of us realize. I hope he is wrong, but he is not prone to exaggeration.

11

TheTowerBard t1_j7rgylg wrote

I’ve heard the same. Lots of incidents aren’t making the news, either.

8

you_give_me_coupon t1_j7rf90z wrote

> Similar to the domestic terrorists who are shooting and trying to destroy our power grid.

Has there been any proof of who did that? I wouldn't put anything past rightoid yahoos, but I've only heard supposition so far. Maybe I missed something.

−7

TheTowerBard t1_j7rh63s wrote

Which one? This is actually something that has been happening a lot but doesn’t often make the news. Going back a number of years too. And yes, we know it’s right-wing groups doing it. Sorry I don’t have sources at the moment but google can deliver some I’m sure.

2

you_give_me_coupon t1_j7ric19 wrote

> Which one?

Any of them, really. And yeah, I remember hearing about some in CA in the early 2010s.

The most I heard about the recent one down south (the Carolinas maybe?) was that someone tweeted something about not liking drag queen story hour around the same time as the substations were damaged. I just wondered if there was ever more of a connection than that. Shrug.

−2

TheTowerBard t1_j7rpslj wrote

There have been multiple incidents even since the one in North Carolina. This is my point, there are incidents occurring that the majority of the population are completely unaware of. This isn’t even a right-wing media issue, everyone is ignoring this stuff.

2

you_give_me_coupon t1_j7sbwey wrote

Huh, that's really odd. The media doesn't usually miss a chance to present a story with an obvious red team/blue team angle, and this is teed right up for them. Anything but healthcare, I guess.

1

Ok-Title-270 t1_j7rs8ez wrote

We don't know that, the mainstream news just says so

−2

RoyalIndependence500 t1_j7s00ex wrote

https://www.reuters.com/legal/fbi-arrest-two-including-neo-nazi-leader-plot-attack-baltimore-grid-2023-02-06/. There is this, it addresses one thwarted plan.

2

you_give_me_coupon t1_j7sbjul wrote

Huh, TIL. This whole thing feels like it glows, but time will tell.

−2

smurphy8536 t1_j7u1h36 wrote

Gets proof. Ignores proof. Blames the gov’t.

Sorry not the feds fault you’re dumb.

1

you_give_me_coupon t1_j7wkzfm wrote

> Ignores proof.

I did say TIL.

> Blames the gov’t.

Sorry-not-sorry: the government's decades-long history of infiltrating and instigating right-wing groups in order to create fear and advance the interests of the ruling (billionaire) class has made me skeptical of the real threat posed by two yokels with a plan to "destroy [a huge city]". From Operation Gladio in Europe, to all the Muslim teenagers entrapped via fake plots during the GWB and Obama years, to the January 6 rubes being thoroughly infiltrated by provocateurs (3 of 4 top Proud Boy leaders were FBI agents or informants, the lead guy they just convicted had been working with the FBI for ~10 years, etc etc), the pattern is clear.

Every major anti-globalization protest in the early 2000s had violence instigated by federal and state provocateurs. I was in Montreal when some of us actually caught some police provocateurs. (The cops later admitted it). Now they mostly just use identity politics to derail the left: "we want healthcare for all!" "what about purple lesbians in wheelchairs! Medicare for All is racist!"

2