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[newsweek.com]

MOST TERRORISTS IN THE U.S. ARE RIGHT WING, NOT MUSLIM: REPORT

A joint project by the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, a nonprofit media center, and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting has found that within the past nine years, right-wing extremists plotted or carried out nearly twice as many terrorist attacks as Islamist extremists. Of the 115 right-wing incidents, police only foiled 35 percent. Compare this to the 63 Islamist terrorism cases, where police foiled 76 percent of the planned attacks.

Right-wing extremists were not only more successful, they were often more deadly, too. From 2008 to 2016, a third of right-wing attacks involved fatalities, compared to 13 percent of Islamist attacks. It should be noted, however, that Islamist extremists killed more people overall, with a death toll of 90 people compared to 79.

MarqG Level 5 Feb 22, 2018
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So... we should keep up the good work, then? 🙂

Just what I was thinking

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His party is a greater threat to American democracy than Islamic terrorism.

JimG Level 8 Feb 19, 2018
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It's all about the money. Atheist don't tithe. Religious people who see the light and dump the religion, may also dump the religious spouting congress people. And Newt was neutered long ago.

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Gingrich doesn't give a shit about the Christian people, he's only in this for the power to control others. Enlightened people are not as easy for deceitful charlatans to control.

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”

~ Napoléon Bonaparte

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"Atheist Philosophy". What is that? We kinda get here in different ways and stay here for our own reasons. Sounds more like he is concerned about truth and information getting into the hands of the general population. Can't be having that, now can we? I very seriously doubt that the wealthy and powerful are Christians. They just found a good way to work the system that has been beneficial to them for hundreds of years. Play the poor and powerless and make sure they never find out that they really don't believe what they tell them to believe. Tisk, tisk...

I also suspect that. I think the gods of the rich and powerful are just that; wealth and power.

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Overreaction to appease a specific audience. Newt Fucking Gingrich is one of those slimy political hacks who, whenever they speak, it's like someone squeezing a colostomy bag; all that comes out is runny shit.

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I don't think Gingrich believes his own bullshit. It's just red meat to the base so he can hold onto power. Cynical, manipulating, corrupt, craven, immoral dolts like him are doing far more harm to Christianity than all the unbelievers in the world put together.

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Newt Gingrich is among the most morally bankrupt political figures in this country. His statements are rife with reasoning errors and with deliberate distortions and misstatements. In short, he is also deeply intellectually dishonest. Yet his ego is so huge that he thinks he is absolutely brilliant: If you do not think so, just ask him.

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“Either the radical secularists will succeed in controlling the government and driving religion out of American life or the people who believe in faith will succeed in controlling government and insist that you cannot impose radical values on American people.”

Whelp, I'll break out the tools, the irony meter went kaput again....

These dumb asses never fail to act like some persecuted minority when they are pretty much running the show right now.

What the fuck is an "Atheist philosophy"? Why is a secular state such a horrendous thing? Humanity has already tried, and in some places still does, theocracy and it is disastrous you dimwitted tools. The only war going on is the made up one you dimwits started because we now live in an age where people are not afraid to argue against your position due to greater enlightenment from the ease and wealth of knowledge we now have. No idea is outside the realm of criticism, and you assholes are too used to having the upper hand and shushing any dissent from atop your privileged positions. Religion (especially radical) is its own greatest enemy, it is more responsible for the sad state it is in than any other factor.

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Of course it is, terrorism is a vital part of Christianity.

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Gotta love that christian persecution complex.

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This guy is a serial adulterer and now hides behind his Catholicism. He is a repugnant hypocrite.

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Oh dear.

Poor christianity. Under threat from the wicked atheists and their vile and monstrous reason!

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Bible Thumpers are so afraid people will see into their scams of using gullible christians for money and votes and they'll be history.

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How is he still considered relevant by anyone?

He has had far more than his 15 minutes of fame, or infamy.

@HippieChick58 He certainly has. The hypocrite.

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Well, of course we are. We may draw people and money away from organized religion and that would be the end of them.

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