shockedcanadian
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Not cool. This is exactly the type of political cherry picking the Canadian police and politicians engage in. There are massive risks in not addressing real threats, chasing rabbits or creating false optics for political purposes.
Consider what I bolded below and the attacks of 9/11. This is the type of risk a nation faces when they have tunnel vision. Many on the right in Canada are viewed through these lenses, and a great of it is dishonest and/or unreliable.
FBI, DHS warned of increasingly violent Antifa clashes in 2016, documents show
In previously unreported documents dating back to April 2016 and viewed by Fox News, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security wrote that “anarchist extremists” and Antifa groups were the primary instigators of violence at public rallies. They blamed these groups for attacks on police, government and political institutions, racists, fascists and “symbols of capitalism.”
The agencies warned the rise of fascist, nationalist, racist or anti-immigrant groups in U.S. political discourse could lead to violent backlash from these “anarchist extremists.”
The FBI and DHS had no comment on the assessments, saying they were not intended to be made public.
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In recent decades, authorities have focused almost exclusively on right-wing groups as the most likely instigators of domestic terrorist violence, especially after Timothy McVeigh blew up the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, killing 168 people.
But groups such as Antifa, which is short for anti-fascist, have been growing in numbers and becoming more tolerant about using violence.
Consider what I bolded below and the attacks of 9/11. This is the type of risk a nation faces when they have tunnel vision. Many on the right in Canada are viewed through these lenses, and a great of it is dishonest and/or unreliable.
FBI, DHS warned of increasingly violent Antifa clashes in 2016, documents show
In previously unreported documents dating back to April 2016 and viewed by Fox News, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security wrote that “anarchist extremists” and Antifa groups were the primary instigators of violence at public rallies. They blamed these groups for attacks on police, government and political institutions, racists, fascists and “symbols of capitalism.”
The agencies warned the rise of fascist, nationalist, racist or anti-immigrant groups in U.S. political discourse could lead to violent backlash from these “anarchist extremists.”
The FBI and DHS had no comment on the assessments, saying they were not intended to be made public.
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In recent decades, authorities have focused almost exclusively on right-wing groups as the most likely instigators of domestic terrorist violence, especially after Timothy McVeigh blew up the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, killing 168 people.
But groups such as Antifa, which is short for anti-fascist, have been growing in numbers and becoming more tolerant about using violence.
