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The Myth That White Supremacy is Bigger Threat to U.S. Than Jihadis

Oct 6, 2015 9:29 pm By Robert Spencer

Over at PamelaGeller.com I take apart a common media myth:

Chris Harper Mercer

This patently false claim is part of the ongoing Big Lie campaign to try to downplay and minimize the jihad threat. It first surfaced in June, and in wake of the Oregon murders, the media elites are dragging it back out again. But it is no more coherent or reasonable than it was in the summer.

The study is based on the number of those killed by each group since 9/11. It skews the results by leaving out 9/11: what possible justification can there be for leaving 9/11 out of what is supposed to be a calculation of the magnitude of various threats to the U.S. Adherents to the belief system that led to 9/11 are still very much around. This article says that 48 people have been killed by right-wing extremists, versus 26 by Islamic jihadists, but the results would look much different if one adds one more day to the period surveyed, September 11, 2001. Then you have 3,003 people killed by Islamic jihadists, versus 48 by supposed right-wing extremists. Which is the bigger threat again?

The study also ignores the many, many foiled jihad plots. If even a fraction of them had succeeded, no one would dare make this equivalence, for even without adding in 9/11, the number of casualties of the jihad would be much higher.

Also, this is really a comparison between the threat posed by Islamic jihadists and that presented by not actual right-wing extremists, but everyone else. For there is no ideological kinship between Dylann Roof, the murderer in Charleston, South Carolina, who really was a racist lunatic, and Oregon shooter Chris Harper Mercer (linked below at “yesterday’s tragic shooting”), who had none of the Confederate paraphernalia or race hatred that Roof had. The only thing they had in common was that they both targeted Christians; but that is not the group that the mainstream media wants you to think “right-wing extremists” and white supremacists are targeting.

In reality, people like Roof and Chris Harper Mercer kill because of the crazy voices inside their paranoid heads. They are not part of any movement with an articulated agenda or goal. Islamic jihadists, on the other hand, have a shared belief system with clearly defined goals. They are members of or ideologically aligned with groups that have declared their intention to destroy the U.S. and the free world. Islamic jihad groups are determined to kill as many Americans as possible and conquer free societies. There is no comparable “right-wing extremist” movement determined to subvert, destroy and replace the U.S. government.

Chris Harper Mercer

“Statistics Show White Supremacy is a Bigger Threat to the U.S. Than Radical Muslims,” by Keisha Hatchett, Complex, Yahoo News, October 2, 2015:

Despite what Donald Trump and many other politicians have told you, the major threat to America isn’t Muslim extremism. In fact, statistics show that the real danger lies with domestic extremists who aren’t of the Muslim faith.

The New York Times reported back in June that since Sept. 11, 2001, almost twice as many people have died at the hands of white supremacists and other non-Muslim extremists than by radical Muslims. Using data compiled by New America, a Washington Research center, a study found that 48 people have been killed by extremists who are not Muslim—including the mass killings in Charleston, S.C.—compared to the 26 by self-proclaimed jihadists. However, this does not factor in yesterday’s tragic shooting or less publicized incidents like the Las Vegas couple who murdered two police officers and left a Swastika on one of the bodies.

These stats reveal a vast difference between public perception and the number of actual cases in which Muslim extremists have claimed American lives. So why aren’t more people outraged about domestic terrorists? Because then we’d have to admit that white supremacy is still a problem.

While the public hasn’t quite caught on yet, scholars say that the issue needs to be addressed. “There’s an acceptance now of the idea that the threat from jihadi terrorism in the United States has been overblown,” Dr. John G. Horgan, who studies terrorism at the University of Massachusetts said. “And there’s a belief that the threat of right-wing, antigovernment violence has been underestimated.”

That’s an understatement.

In reality, it has been vastly overestimated. There are a few right-wing anti-government people out there, sure. Few, if any, have targeted or ever will target random civilians. Most of these random shooters are profoundly disturbed people who aren’t acting upon any coherent ideology at all. But this threat must be overestimated, as part of the ongoing campaign to force Americans to deny the evidence of their lying eyes and proclaim that Islam is a religion of peace after all.

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  1. Jeremiah says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 9:43 pm

    The number of foiled planned attacks, the amount of effort and cost that goes into combatting such plans and the peripheral effort that goes into keeping us safe from jihadists when compared to the Muslims who are actually committing such attacks or likely to commit such attacks is staggering.

    When this is compared to the actual crimes in total over the whole population and the cost of protection against crime, then a whole different picture emerges . . . one that suggests that we send all of the muslims back to Saudi Arabia and let them take care of it under sharia law.

  2. Angemon says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 9:46 pm

    Using data compiled by New America, a Washington Research center, a study found that 48 people have been killed by extremists who are not Muslim—including the mass killings in Charleston, S.C.—compared to the 26 by self-proclaimed jihadists. However, this does not factor in yesterday’s tragic shooting or less publicized incidents like the Las Vegas couple who murdered two police officers and left a Swastika on one of the bodies.

    God, I despise spin doctors. Where’s the confirmation that, for example, the Oregon shooter was an “extremist” of any kind, let alone a white supremacist (wasn’t he mixed race to begin with)?

    I can assure you that the list of “deadly jihadi attacks is incomplete, and it’s defective in nature – not even a case of “honor killing”? Bah!

    • Miao Zedong says

      Oct 7, 2015 at 1:31 am

      “God, I despise spin doctors. Where’s the confirmation that, for example, the Oregon shooter was an “extremist” of any kind, let alone a white supremacist (wasn’t he mixed race to begin with)?”
      —
      Similar to “racist” “white” get morphed into “bad guy”. He shot, therefore he is “white”. Don’t look at his skin you racist, judge his behaviour,, his white white white..

      Rendering words meaningless makes debating meaningless. Enter the next dictator.

  3. CJ says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 9:59 pm

    During Obama’s first campaign the liberal media was relentlessly trying to push a narrative that his position was bring out murderous white supremacists and how the country’s inherent racism was a danger to him.

    Later, under oath, the head of the Secret Service admitted that Obama had received NO MORE threats than the previous two presidents.

  4. John says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 10:09 pm

    Who was it that said “there are lies, damn lies and statistics”.

  5. Linde Barrera says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 10:19 pm

    “The study also ignores the many, many foiled jihad plots. If even a fraction of them had succeeded, no one would dare make this equivalence…..” It is interesting that this important aspect was not factored into the study. So I conclude that if white supremacism in America IS really more deadly than radical Muslims, I AM really Kim Kardashian.

  6. mortimer says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    So ‘right-wing’ white supremacists and Muslims both hate Christians and want to kill them BECAUSE they are Christians!

    Now, who is trying to kill Muslims, because they are Muslims, besides other Muslims?

    • Westman says

      Oct 6, 2015 at 11:30 pm

      Exactly! The “study” ignores motives. It is invalid.

  7. citycat says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 10:34 pm

    The Muslims don’t really need to carry out any more social terror attacks to take over.
    They just got to be really nice and keep on breeding after all the massive amount of creeping.
    And maybe, in Europe, Islam can increase the numbers with a few refugees.
    I guess they have been doing lots of planning constantly on the case 24/7
    and the muslim mind bending is simple and less vulnerable, unlike what an helicopter is like being complicated with more weak points.

  8. Kat says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 10:38 pm

    Obama forgot to mention the Fort Hood mass killings in Texas during his televised speech and I’ll bet that this study leaves that out too.
    Remember that Obama classified it as workplace violence which we all know
    is false.

  9. Rev g says

    Oct 6, 2015 at 11:18 pm

    The Oregon shooter was biracial. Hardly one who would be a white supremacist.

    • jihad3tracker says

      Oct 7, 2015 at 12:21 am

      Robert demolishes another Leftist lie. But so often — in his tireless effort to straighten out erroneous thinking — he writes paragraph after paragraph to refute a human whose brain fits comfortably in the skull of a mouse.

      Look her up on Google — young, urban, “hip”, utterly stupid, texting moron. If you want to devote a few minutes clueing her in on the shredding here at JW, an email path is listed as KeishaHatchett (@) gmail.com.

    • Trooth says

      Oct 7, 2015 at 12:26 am

      A biracial youth raised by his black mother – making him blacker than Obama

      • CJ says

        Oct 7, 2015 at 12:59 am

        As the great Ann Coulter has pointed out, celebrities who were born of white mothers and the black fathers who abandoned them always prefer to identify black to pursue their careers.

        Alicia Keys and Halle Berry are prime examples of super-successful “proud black women” who were actually raised by white women.

        I wonder what their mothers think when they win awards and crow about their achievements as black women.

        • Trooth says

          Oct 7, 2015 at 11:00 am

          Their black fathers who abandoned them? Trust me those dirty white feminist sperm thieves made those men’s life so much hell they had no choice but to leave to preserve their sanity.

    • Jim says

      Oct 7, 2015 at 1:34 pm

      Couple of points worth noting:
      (1) In Islam whether one is white or black is not a factor.
      (2) Oregon shooter’s My Space page shows he had two friends: a girl and a Jihadi; he also identified with Islamic fighters, praising them and the Quran.
      Add to these facts his questioning his victims on their religion, so then where would you place him in the survey being discussed above on JW?

      • Tbone says

        Oct 8, 2015 at 4:50 am

        Im sorry,please explain how the jihadi connection and his questioning of religious persuasion of the poor souls he killed not make it a Islamic terrorists crime! Either way it was a lone wolf attack of Islamic inspired jihad.which is what the Tennessee and fort hood attacks were Islamic lone wolf attacks. Which isis is and has been calling upon its idiot followers to do. I know a lot of people are scared to say anything to offend these heinous creatures ,or any in the government for fear of repurcussions ie our irs targetting,nsa,etc anyone not in lock step with oblamy and the un takeoverof the worlds governments is targeted one way or another. F*** muslims they are not compatible with modern society. Either we quickly reverse this trend and round up and deport all of them whom refuse to denounced sharia and sign a decleration or we( all non muslims) are going to become extinct. That’s just a fact,and thank god russia is putting the screws to them and I can’t wait till china starts their Cleanse I hate to have to say it but they have more sense than our pos potus and congress,all the disenters that had a clue oblamy got rid of.wtf!

  10. Patriot says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 12:34 am

    being of mixed race, if the same guy had been stopped by police for a crime and had died at their hands, suddenly the black lives matter crew would be embracing him as one of them. He’s no more white that your Muslim leader Obama.

  11. Scott in PA says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 1:30 am

    The phony “New America” list does not include the Chattanooga jihad killings (5 victims) or the murder spree by John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo (10 victims).

  12. duh_swami says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 6:43 am

    It’s not a study, it’s propaganda.The ‘study’ lacks details.. The ‘protectors of the image of Islam’ often leave out details, or lie about them…

  13. jayell says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 8:08 am

    Don’t we have a fundamental problem with the whole contention here even before we start all the long politically-correct or even politically incorrect arguments? That is, that the US, being the product of the UK and other European societies, is ipso facto a ‘white’ construct from the word ‘go’, therefore has a basic ‘white’ identity, and therefore the whole ‘supremacy’ argument is irrelevant (i.e., because the founding ‘white’ element would have been ‘supreme’ anyway in the absence of anyting else!). Its whole success and current existence flows from that. If we accept that little bit of (what would seem to me to be) amazingly obvious logic, how can anything that apparently seeks to uphold that status quo be any kind of threat to it, assuming that the term ‘white supremacy’ is little more or less than a crude, basically racist-orientated reference to ‘European’ cultural standards. Surely the OPPOSITE is true, i.e., anything that seeks to supplant, subvert or de-stabilise the current basically (here’s THAT term again) ‘White’ (= European) identity of the US is going to be a threat to the continued existence of the US as we know it, and the more this deviates from the current democratic ideals os the US, the bigger the threat. Or is it that the characters who peddle this sort of line just want to take the place over, wreck the joint and stamp THEIR identity on what’s left of it? Just like the buffoons (or should that be ‘baboons’) who are currently destroying anything of value in the middle east?

  14. George Johnson says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 9:45 am

    There is another major difference that is rarely mentioned. The white supremacists in America are widely reviled and few would defend or protect them. However, many moderate Muslims sympathize with Islamic terrorists. The “But Brigade” as Salman Rushdie calls them. . . “I don’t support terrorism BUT. . . I wouldn’t do it myself, BUT. . . ” In such an environment terrorists and their sympathizers tend to stay quiet when they hear of a plot, or protect those who are under investigation. In contrast, there are few people who would do the same for a murderous white supremacist.

  15. the says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 9:48 am

    What is really telling is the actual incidents that make the numbers this ‘study’ came up with 48 killed by right wingers vs 26 killed by Jihadists. They throw in such things as the guy who crashed his plane into the IRS building in Austin as one of the right winger attacks. They conveniently left out the 17 people killed by John Mohammed and Lee Malvo, the DC snipers, despite their proven Islamic motivation during their trial. Right there that changes the numbers to 48 to 43. Since this report camp out, the Chattanooga jihadist murdered 4 marine and 1 navy recruiter in July. That makes it an even 48 all. So what it boils down to is that Muslims, who comprise .8 percent of the population are responsibe for 50% of the terror victims, while the remaining 99.2% of the population are responsible for the other 50%. Pretty dubious numbers for people trying to make the case that Jihadists are less dangerous than right wingers.

  16. DAN CELLI says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    Climate change,lack of job’s is the reason’s the Jihadist’s want to kill us say’s the White House which can’t even guard them selves from intruder’s. The White House is lying to the American people. “Their own people!!!”

  17. nukestar says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    This is an especially self-defeating article when you consider ~ 0.5 % of the American population is Muslim and that 0.5 % has managed to account for a full third of the ‘extremist’ killings. This makes Muslim ‘extremists’ ~ 100 times more of a threat than the average American ‘extremist’.

  18. mach37 says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 7:18 pm

    Was Jared Loughner a right-wing extremist? Was James Holmes a right-wing extremist? Was Adam Lanza a right-wing extremist? Were the Columbine kids right wing extremists? Someone is pretty loose with labeling people “right wing extremists with zero evidence.

  19. خَليفة says

    Oct 7, 2015 at 7:41 pm

    The only “white supremist” we need to worry about is Muhammed, and his jihadi ilkenfolk.

    In Hadith no.63,vol 1, it says: “When a man arrived at the mosque, he asked, “who amongst you is Muhammad?” The companions of the prophet replied “THIS WHITE MAN RECLINING ON HIS ARM”.

    In Hadith no.122, vol 2 and in vol 2 Hadith no. 141, when Muhammad raised his arms in prayer, it tells us that ‘The WHITENESS of his armpits became visible”. The Hadith vol 1, no. 367 tells us that Anas, one of Muhammad’s trusted companions “saw the WHITENESS of the penis of Allah’s prophet”.

  20. More Ham Ed says

    Oct 8, 2015 at 4:12 am

    It might be a good idea to take a survey of what’s going on globally. Since what’s going on globally is TRYING to come HERE. It’s New York Slimes articles like this that remind me of another good website:

    27041 deadly terror attacks since 9/11

    Some call them “refugees.”
    Which ones will assimilate?
    Which ones will radicalize?
    Let’s find out together!

    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com

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