Mr Khan said:
I could believe it. For whatever reason, the left wing (and i'm talking fringe left here) isn't very militarized, although you saw more violence from Occupy than from the equivalent Tea Party in the right, the far fringe left in America is generally more peacable, barring the eco-terrorists who are still more like large-scale vandals. The fringe right in America, however, has been quite scary from the 90's on ahead. I would imagine incidents (whether these are threats, plots, or executed plots) from the American fringe right outnumber those of radicalized Muslims operating in the USA, but that many of them are minor and, while not being swept under the rug as gameonbro stated, are just not big enough to be noticeable |
Outside of Black Bloc idiots in Oakland who came in and broke windows, the norm of violence regarding Occupy is the police using force to evict them from locations. The violence has almost completely and totally came from the law enforcement side, using Miami Model methods. As far as on the said "right" goes, you have had one individual who listened to too much Glen Beck, go off and was arrested for going to shoot up a Tides Foundation location.
There is a bit of an irony in that the Tea Party, as a whole, talks far militantly, but will go and apply for permits and so on, and go home, while the Occupy side talks more peace and non-violence, but gets into scuffles with law enforcement and towns. I think a heart of the matter here is that towns HATE Hoovervilles and if you attempt to produce one, they will clamp down.
