Well, there ARE looney lefties, but they are different from the crazy right in at least three critical aspects.
Not as crazy.
Not as numerous.
Not in charge.
I'll worry about the chipping paint on my house after I deal with the gaping holes in the walls. One is worse than the other.
Dark does not mean deep.
I found this on the FBI's website
What are Known Violent Extremist Groups?
Of those groups listed, I'd say only one might be characterized as Left [Animal Rights Extremists and Environmental Extremists] and I haven't seen them in the news in a decade to more.
This is from 2002: FBI - TheTerrorist Threat - Testimony
In this one, the Left get's more attention than it currently does. Though I find the discussion of ALF and ELF to be somewhat amusing.
The Far Right is still as violent as ever, actually more so.
The Left is less extreme and more mainstream. Issues fought over by the Left in the past have either been resolved or become part of the current culture and politics as something that needs to be resolved, peacefully.
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Ooooh, echo chambering! I suppose Jill Stein, the Bernie Bros who flipped out over not getting every little thing they wanted, and the idiots who nearly derailed restoring voting rights to felons by trying to attach it to having current prisoners vote too (despite that having almost no public support) must all be figments of my imagination?
Granted, they are nowhere near as bad as the crazies on the far right, but anyone who actually read my full post would have seen that I said that already.
Instead, the response was pile on mockery, a very Republican response.
Dark does not mean deep.
Speaking of the QAnon crackpots, I wonder if any of them will show up at the Capitol to see Donald Trump sworn in for that second term today?
Avatar: Here's to the late, great Steve Dillon. Best. Punisher. Artist. EVER!
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The top people in the run for the GOP in 2024 are all Q favorites. Trump, Hawley, Cotton, Cruz. Meanwhile, those few Republicans who say the election was not stolen are censured by their Party. But yeah, those extremist Dems.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
What I consider to be the extreme left hasn't been elected to Congress yet, nor does it seem to be happening anytime soon. They might be a minor concern (at most), whereas the extreme right is a crisis.
I'm beginning to think no one has ever read a single one of my posts...
Dark does not mean deep.