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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 1 year ago

U.S. Military Service Is the Strongest Predictor of Carrying Out Extremist Violence

theintercept.com

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U.S. Military Service Is the Strongest Predictor of Carrying Out Extremist Violence

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 1 year ago
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The mass murder in New Orleans and Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas fit a troubling pattern among U.S. vets, research says.
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  • barrbaric [he/him]
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    59•1 year ago

    You’re telling me that people who are deliberately taught to be able to murder are more likely to commit violence? Wow, who would have guessed.

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    55•1 year ago

    I mean, yeah, that’s what US Military Service is.

  • 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her]
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    41•1 year ago

    From 1990 to 2010, about seven persons per year with U.S. military backgrounds committed extremist crimes. Since 2011, that number has jumped to almost 45 per year

    C’mon, those are rookie numbers. You gotta bump those up! dorner

    • @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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      18•1 year ago

      They don’t count crimes committed as part of service though.

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    36•1 year ago

    Damn there’s limits to how far you can destroy the social contract? But that might contradict with the profit motive did-someone

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  • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
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    22•1 year ago

    they-dont-know They don’t know the US military is a violent, extremist organization.

  • Parzivus [any]
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    22•1 year ago

    It’s less a military thing as much as it’s an “I committed war crimes in Afghanistan” thing

    Israeli is gonna have an insane domestic terror problem if it still exists in 10-20 years

  • MineDayOff [none/use name]
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    20•1 year ago

    When I was in Rome, we went to a beautiful Lemon/Orange Grove. It had a wall around the whole thing. They said that this was the place that they brought soldiers after war to decompress in it’s majesty. We don’t even do that here. We know we made them killing machines but we don’t even give them peace.

    • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      All American society gives to them is marvel/hollywood slop and social media addiction and they wonder why they turn out like this

  • @TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    Let’s get even more statistically important: How many were men that identify as CIS ?

    CIS American men are not OK. And we need to get them help.

    • da_gay_pussy_eatah [she/her]
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      Cis is not an acronym

      • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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        I don’t trust any man from the commonwealth of independent states

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      • Firstnamebunchofnumbers [none/use name]
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        Comfortable in skin?

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    • Kuori [she/her, pup/pup's]
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      cis American men are not OK

      eric-andre

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  • anonochronomus [comrade/them, she/her]
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    16•1 year ago

    Ya’ll haven’t read Programmed to Kill and it fucking shows. NO SHIT. MK ULTRA WAS REAL. It’s a strategy of tension, Gladio 2.0. It could not get more obvious.

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    14•1 year ago

    If this isn’t an emote yet, it should be

    https://images.app.goo.gl/dENE9sHUpCZEMvdZ7

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    side-eye-1 side-eye-2

  • Tom742 [they/them, any]
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    7•1 year ago

    The Murrah Federal building bombing, Timothy McVeigh was prior Army. Not special services but he was in an experimental unit

    I’m sure there are more examples, probably within other countries as well. Makes sense for a variety of reasons.

  • @RedCheer@lemmygrad.ml
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    6•1 year ago

    If you know a veteran, get them social and integrated in a community. Preferably stuff like Team RWB, About Face Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace.

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