A far-right extremist allegedly plotted to blow up Amazon data centers

Re:A far-right extremist allegedly plotted to blow up Amazon... by dempseye on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:12AM (#26760618)

"this is so right that I am justified in destroying property, people to get it done"

I do not think that this is necessarily a sign of something "haywire in the mind". The powerful use this logic all the time, and yet it is not a mainstream view that ordering an air strike, for instance, is clearly a sign of mental illness.

Perhaps it should be.

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Re:A far-right extremist allegedly plotted to blow up Amazon... by imgabe on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:17AM (#26760658)

It’s only wrong if you fail. If you succeed you were a “revolutionary”.

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Re:A far-right extremist allegedly plotted to blow up Amazon... by RobertoG on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:51AM (#26760804)

I think it's more like: if you are on your own you are crazy, if you are in a big group you are revolutionary, if you win you were right, or something like that.

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Re:A far-right extremist allegedly plotted to blow up Amazon... by posthiatal1 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @08:54AM (#26761127)

True. Also, until you win, you are a "terrorist," unless backed by a major power, whose media will call you a "freedom fighter."

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