# U.S. violence 2017-2018. Right wing, left wing

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**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-violence-2017-2018-right-wing-left-wing/830089 "2019-02-23T14:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Littleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Littleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Littleman)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-violence-2017-2018-right-wing-left-wing/830089/29 "2019-02-24T20:31:47Z")

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If we go back up to 25 years then right wing creates far more victims, largely though because the sample size is so small, there just isn’t a lot if it, so when you have a bombing that creates hundreds of victims it can swamp the numbers for the next 20 years. Which garnishes a lot of attention .

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