Don’t Take Concern About Right Wing Extremism Seriously

Millions of words are written every year in mainstream media outlets about right-wing extremism. James Jay Lee stormed Discovery Channel’s network headquarters with a handgun and took three people hostage. The story was immediately reported as right-wing extremism until it was discovered that Lee was a communist who was mad at Discovery for not doing enough to highlight climate change. Unsurprisingly, the story disappeared.

Floyd Lee Corkins brought 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches to the Family Research Council with the hopes of killing as many people as possible and stuffing their mouths with the sandwiches. Corkins turned out to be a radical progressive.

James Hodgkinson, a Bernie Sanders supporter, attempted the mass assassination of Republicans at a congressional baseball practice, nearly killing Rep. Steve Scalise. The FBI refused to label the act as politically motivated.

For all the valid concerns about right-wing extremism, the left refuses to acknowledge it on their side. That makes it hard to really believe they’re concerned about right-wing extremism so much as using it for political expedience and narrative shaping. Take a listen.