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I literally have family (white) about as far right as that guy is left and they haven’t been arrested for their speech. Literally including violence against cops stuff except framed from the right wing angle (i.e. property rights and 2nd amendment rather than racial oppression, standard NRA/3%er fare). They’re more likely to get a visit from the NYT for a glowing interview about what’s its like to live in Real America than a visit from the FBI.

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Not the say that I agree with either of those movements, but there's a big difference in terms of threat between advocating defense of constitutional rights and advocating militant overthrow of the United States government and the capitalist system (to be replaced with a black ethno-nationalist state). The latter is what the groups that Balogun is a member/leader of says it is preparing for (and has already carried out in some cases, see the article).

The big difference being that right wing extremists routinely kill people in the US, while black activists don't?

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