# The Problem With Being the Good Guys

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 21, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128 "2020-09-21T06:29:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128/101 "2020-09-24T23:43:04Z")

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As has been linked before.

> [@DeadTreasSecretaries](#):
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> In total, we drew from the following data sets: START GTD (1994-2017); Janes Terrorism and Insurgency Events (2009-2020); the RAND Database of Worldwide Terrorism Incidents (RDWTI) (1994-2009); and the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Hate, Extremism, Anti-Semitism, and Terrorism (H.E.A.T.) Map (Anti-Semitic Incidents: 2016-2020, Extremist/Police Shootouts: 2008-2020, Extremist Murders: 2008-2020, Terrorist Plots & Attacks: 2002-2020, Islamist: 2002-2020, Left Wing: 2008-2020, Right Wing: 2002-2020). We also compiled events as recorded in ADL publications1 and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) annual reports and news releases (1994-2020). We cross-referenced events against local and national news sources, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128/102 "2020-09-25T02:18:53Z")

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I think I missed this.

Where was I asked for evidence? (I believe you…but I honestly missed the request and I didn’t find anything on a cursory scan.)

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**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-being-the-good-guys/921128/103 "2020-09-25T13:38:45Z")

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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#):
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> Where was I asked for evidence? (I believe you…but I honestly missed the request and I didn’t find anything on a cursory scan.)

It was in a reply to your post that @TriPolar quoted.

> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> Not meaning to hijack the thread, but Cite?
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> There were a lot of people who liked Clinton and thought that she was a better than Sanders or Trump, but that doesn’t make her the Annointed one (unless I suppose you posit that Trump or Sanders is the Annointed one and so by saying Clinton is better than them makes her such by the transitive property).
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> If people here really thought what you claim there would be people here who would want her to have run in 2020, but no on other than hopeful conservatives suggested it.

Discord is actually pretty cool, in that I got there just by clicking a few times.

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