25 years after Oklahoma City bombing, right-wing extremism in midst of resurgence

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article242079441.html



BY JUDY L. THOMAS

APRIL 19, 2020 06:00 AM, UPDATED 27 MINUTES AGO

It was — and still is — the deadliest act of domestic terrorism on U.S. soil.

On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb decimated the north face of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The blast killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured hundreds.

The brazen attack shocked the nation and exposed a subculture that had been gaining momentum while operating under the radar. And now, a quarter century after the horrific images of that morning were forever etched in people’s minds, experts say the right-wing extremist movement — which includes everything from the Patriot and militia groups to white nationalists and neo-Nazis — is in the midst of a resurgence.

And they worry that the global coronavirus pandemic could be the catalyst that spurs someone to light the next fuse.

“The Oklahoma City bombing marked a new era in terrorism against the United States,” said Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. “Timothy McVeigh basically wrote a template for terrorists that continues to this day.

“It turned out to be in many ways an instructors’ guide, not only for right-wing extremists but extremists of all stripes, to carry out the kind of mass attacks that previously we saw only from organized groups.”

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[The Magistrate]

1. It Was Not Scotched Properly Then, Sir

And I fear that even under Mr. Biden's administration it will not be scotched properly now.


"Defeat of a hated enemy is something to be for."

[5X]

2. Keep your head down, they like this date.

[Jamastiene]

3. A lot of them like April 20th too.

They are disgusting.

[underpants]

4. Yes, they do.

[underpants]

5. One of my - I knew where I was moments

A group of us had met for one last run through before an Economics test (I aced both courses) and as we were walking out of the student commons I saw it on a wall mounted TV. I was so focused on the test I didn't really look at the images. I saw a building with what I thought was the windows blown out. When I got home I saw the different angles and said out loud "Holy F---".

As the story went on I came to realize that McVeigh and I had a very similar path in terms of white guys, sort of the same situation growing up, both gunners on Bradley's....and that's where it ended. He was super gung ho but mental and he went off into a world of darkness.

[Archae]

6. Of course, just look at the main players in this...

Tim McVeigh is dead, executed for his crimes.

Terry Nichols, his buddy and helper, is in a maximum-security prison, and will end up dying there.

Both of these are "heroes" to the far-right, and many of those far-right kooks come up with more outlandish and false conspiracy theories as to the bombing.
(One has "proof" the bomb was a nuke.)

[beachbumbob]

7. with these types leading the charge for "opening america for business", I hope they all catch the

virus and the solution will be self-solving