https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1874952833818140678
I'm posting the Twitter link because this is a lengthy post, with multiple charts and graphs and it's easier not to try to reformat it. I'll note that Shellenberger is hardly some right wing extremist.
I saw some data the other day bout this trope which showed that the highest number of "right wing" plots and actions was around 160 a couple of years ago. The things that seemed strange is the combining of "plots" with "actions" or "deaths". I can't conceive of a situation where a "plot" could ever be equated with (for example) either of the two "recent" truck attacks by non "White/Right Wing extremists". It's like combining suicides and defensive deaths into the "gun death" metrics as a way to make the problems appear to be something it's not. I'm not encouraging anyone, especially those on the right, to engage in any violent action. I am encouraging an accurate and unbiased look at the data to determine the real risks we face.
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