7/14/24

Demolition Ranch just one Republican outlet breeding domestic terrorism

Recall that the Boston Marathon bombers studied American white wing extremism before their attack and the guy who killed some 60 people in Las Vegas was a white supremacist bent on starting a race war.
Confidence in government recovered in the mid-1980s before falling again in the mid-’90s. But as the economy grew in the late 1990s, so too did trust in government. Public trust reached a three-decade high shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks but declined quickly after. Since 2007, the shares saying they can trust the government always or most of the time have not been higher than 30%. [Public Trust in Government: 1958-2024]
Just weeks before Donald Trump led an attempted autogolpe Stewart Rhodes was inciting the Oath Keepers to civil war. Rhodes formed the white supremacist militia in 2009 after Barack Obama was elected POTUS but is now serving an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy for his role in Trump's insurrection. 

Let's review. Adam Lanza was 20, James Holmes was 25, Seung-Hui Cho was 23, Jared Loughner was 22. Dylann Roof was 20. Salvador Ramos was 18. Thomas Matthew Crooks was 20. All these men were victims of bullying, isolation and ostracism. All had histories of extensive teevee usage, many of video game exposure and of easy access to firearms. Distrust of government was a factor in most, if not all of the episodes for which they are infamous.
Authorities noted that Crooks was wearing a T-shirt from Demolition Ranch, a YouTube channel known for its firearms and demolition content. The channel, hosted by Matt Carriker, boasts millions of subscribers and features videos that explore the capabilities of various firearms and explosive devices. ['Demolition Ranch' Owner Responds to Thomas Matthew Crooks Shooting Trump]
So which Republican Trump rival wants to take him out? Crooks was the real martyr and came just inches away from saving American democracy but after the incident in Pennsylvania Trump’s disciples turned on the media.

Yes, bullying can lead to massacres and when the US ended the draft in 1973 the number of mass shootings began to rise so Congress should enact compulsory military service or police training as one way to slow gun violence. Enlistment could look like the Swiss model where soon after high school eighteen year olds would join for two or three years then re-up or enroll in the college or vocational training of ones choosing.
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2 comments:

  1. larry kurtzMarch 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM

    Now is the worst time to implement required national service for young people. Worse still, a mandatory national service program would normalize the scattershot “reforms” Musk and his uninformed hatchet toadies are overseeing. Trump puts self-aggrandizement above the most basic notion of patriotism. Imagine that man trying to inspire young people with an exalted notion of public service." James Rosen

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  2. larry kurtzMarch 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM

    Book excerpt: “Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood”

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