ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

California -- Synagogue Shooting

One woman was shot to death in the attack at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue, near San Diego.  Rest in peace  Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60. 

I haven't taken the time to verify this but I just read that she was killed trying to shield the Rabbi.

I'm so sick of this shit. While there are headlines today, they are not stopping people in their tracks like they used to. It's becoming commonplace and the only thing that changes are the names of the dead.

 I read that too.

The FBI has for decades considered right-wing extremism the most significant threat to national security, even after 9 / 11.  Back in the 1960s and 1970s, left-wing extremism topped the list.

Anyway, I think the LE agencies remain committed and focused on stopping domestic terrorists before they strike, but the far reach of the internet and the ability of people to become radicalized secretly in their own homes makes it even more challenging (more extremists, more difficult to detect them).

White nationalist extremists are the most dangerous faction these days, accounting for almost all of the domestic terrorist attacks over the last couple of years (not only in the US, but also in the UK and most of Europe). 

In my opinion, the public embrace of nationalism as a political strategy by politicians in the West really exacerbates the problem as lone wolves feel more emboldened by perceived acceptance of (some or all of) their views and inspired to act by the nationalist terrorists before them.  

Refs:
https://www.cfr.org/article/how-serious-...-terrorism
https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-jew...rt-2018-11