More Right Wing terrorism in the US

What specifically is the issue?Is it mental health?Is there evidence that right-wing mental health is any worse than left wing mental health?As for who he blew up, I doubt he targeted any specific person. He just was obsessed with either explosions or notoriety. Again, the issue in my mind is mental health and identification of possible rogue terrorists before they act.

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Lets ask Mr.Dictionary... Evidently, they can't deny that he was an avid Trump supporter. Partisan is simply a euphemism for "crazy, but one of our crazies!"

Havent seen you around for awhile, Rat. How have you been anyway? Still flying model airplanes? Let me read up on all your comments and reply to you here.....(*reads comments*) Agreed, but it seems the main focus of these debates/discussions is the ideologies themselves. I self-identify as a political moderate. Our society does have a lot of mental illness these days. We blame the guns rather than mental illness. We also could blame the prevalence of social media for stirring up the arguments, and we could ask ourselves why we personally feel the need to comment and/or defend our own personal views. He is right though...he is a left-wing Canadian. Perhaps a question to ask is if he were a right-wing Canadian would he still be part of the problem rather than the solution? I've been hanging out here quite a few years, and ringo is one who is articulate and opinionated in his responses to our posts. He gets under my skin occasionally but I'm glad he is around. I'm guessing you are a moderate leaning towards conservative values...but are moderate enough to consider all ideologies as equally valid (or useless).Would you say that your worldview has been influenced by the church or would you argue that you are balanced enough in life to associate with a broader spectrum of people than just believers? Correct me if i'm wrong--but could this be due to the fact that there are more left wingers globally in general?
Which has a higher percentage worldwide: left-wing or right-wing?

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1)it's absolutely impossible to say. Left-wing and right-wing are notions which aren’t the same for every person.

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I will take as an example two countries I know a bit: France and the USA.

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In the USA, here is how people see these politics:

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American politicians
Barrack Obama: left-wing
Ted Cruz: right-wing
Donald Trump: far right-wing

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French politicians
Franois Hollande: left-wing
Nicolas Sarkozy: centre right-wing
Marine Lepen: far right-wing

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In France, here is how we see these same politicians:

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American politicians
Barrack Obama: centre right-wing
Ted Cruz: almost far right-wing
Donald Trump: very far right-wing
French politicians
Franois Hollande: centre left-wing, even right-wing by some people these days
Nicolas Sarkozy: almost far right-wing or right-wing, depends on the day
Marine Lepen: far right-wing
We can’t define a precise political spectrum, given the fact that it depends on where you live, how you’ve been educated, and what kind of right and left you are used to.
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Though I have no statistical data, I am sure that number of Right Wings are far over than Left Wings.
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2) Easily right-wing.

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There’s an acronym used in psychology: WEIRD. It stands for Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic, but it’s also intended to show that the distinctive worldview of educated people from Western nations is held by a minority of the world’s population.

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Since the founding of civilization, most people’s idea of a good society has been a well-ordered hierarchy. When everyone and everything is in the proper, divinely-ordained place, there is order. When this hierarchy is disrupted, there is chaos.

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The WEIRD worldview is a relative newcomer.

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Food for thought.And glad to see you posting.Edited by Phat, : No reason given.Edited by Phat, : No reason given.

I suppose that we all could agree that each side has its assholes.

I never thought mine did either, but in some ways I think that whatt I have read from apologists and pro Chrisian thinkers/philosophers has influenced my worldview. Anyone whom we lsten to does to some degree. Faith would disagree, as she believes that God can and will intervene in human history towards His ultimate glory and purpose. I tended to also think/believe that way though the jury is somewhat out on the degree of Gods involvement. I most definitely don't believe this except to say that it is similar to how jar teaches that we all make up the God of our understanding and preference. I maintain that God exists and created me/us long before we were even capable of imagining/defining Him. jars point stands, however. Sounds like GDR! I respect that belief. Yeah. Mine too. To a degree. I stubbornly cling to what I want to be true, so in that sense, my worldview also defines my God I suppose. I believe that God is aware of everything and everyone. Whether He decides to commune and intervene or is more like Spinoza's God is also in the jury documents. They recently broke for lunch, so it may be a while before we get handed a decision. Reluctantly, I cant argue except to say that my very belief is based on subjective experience. I'll probably be here until EvC shuts down...sometime when Percy so decides. It is worth noting that right wing and left wing motives are based on different presumptions.

I agree. When a human of any belief or persuasion crosses the line from active protest into terrorism by definition, the issue becomes the fact that they chose to cross that moral line. At that point, the ideology becomes secondary to the human behavior.The fact that we even have a Left vs Right discussion proves that there are two sides.