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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsData Shows That Right Wing Republicans Are The Real Terrorist Threat To America

Contrary to Republican claims, the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooter was not a left wing activist. The shooter was a conservative and according to the data, extremist Republicans and conservatives are the real terror threat to the American people.
A New York Times profile described the Planned Parenthood shooter as living in a trailer with a black cross painted on one end. Robert L. Dear was seen by a neighbor handing out anti-Obama pamphlets. Dear was described in the profile as generally conservative, but not obsessed with politics.
In short, the Planned Parenthood shooter fit the profile of anti-government, extremist Republicans who represent the biggest threat to the American people. To be clear, the anti-government extremist Republican is different from the typical Fox News watching, Republican voting relative who speaks about Obamacare with disgust while happily collecting their Medicare.
According to Charles Kurzman and David Schanzer, data suggests that the homegrown extremist is a much bigger threat that ISIS or Al Qaeda:
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/30/data.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter\
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Data Shows That Right Wing Republicans Are The Real Terrorist Threat To America (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Nov 2015
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napkinz
(17,199 posts)1. yep ...














yuiyoshida
(45,655 posts)2. Yup! That covers it!
2naSalit
(103,805 posts)3. K&R