Once upon a time, I stumbled into a forum, following a link for a pickle recipe of all things. The recipe discussion had odd undertones, so I looked around. Some of the threads intrigued me, so I spent some more time reading the site, following the links, etc.

To call the people on that site dangerous right-wing extremists would be the grossest understatement you’d imagine.

These nuts do exist. They openly dream of bloodshed. They look forward to an end-of-the-world scenario, because they hope masses of the “undeserving” will die. To them, the easiest way to change things is to kill off everyone they dislike, whether it’s their skin color, religion, or way of life. They bragged of the crimes they committed to secure their supplies for when the day comes that they can unleash their venom.

Acknowledging that their are dangerous radicals on the right in no way trivializes the dangerous radicals on the left. Both exist. Both are dangerous. It’s folly to pretend otherwise.