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it's not random check, it's called profiling

i don't see why people have problem with this, what would be point randomly search old (white) retired woman, what risk she present? pretty much same goes for Eastern Asians, etc.

if you have biggest odds finding terrorist between dark skinned Muslims, then you will search them the most, nothing random or racist about that, it's like saying i won't take umbrella outside when there is 90% chance of rain because there is 10%chance it will be sunny

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If you're going to profile and be proud... At least profile the correct demographic.

http://time.com/3934980/right-wing-extremists-white-terroris...

The study linked in your article has been updated (Spoiler alert: Radical Islam has retaken the lead by 2x)

https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/terrorism-in-america/wha...

How would it look if we factored in the relative population?

> B-but you are more likely to be killed by white trucker driver falling asleep than a jihadist truck hijacker.

Misleading much?

Only in the past two years have there been more jihadist deaths. Not sure where you got 2x from? Unless you mean one particular year? You may want to re-read.

In reality the KKK has killed more people than all jihadists combined. That is one group.

The page states the following body counts: 95 Jihadist 51 Far Right Wing.

(bottom of the page)

So not quite 2x.

> Only in the past two years have there been more jihadist deaths. > In reality the KKK has killed more people than all jihadists combined. That is one group.

I am not familiar with the history of the KKK, but are they still a threat?

If you consider the recent incidents: Paris (how many times!?), Stockholm, St. Petersburg and Nice, do you really believe Right Wing groups poses a greater threat?

The KKK is like some mythical beast brought out every couple years to scare people.

It is almost non existent.

domestic right wing terrorist don't pass through immigration officers at airports

I suggest you look up the statistics on percentages of extremists who are/were white males.

Yes, but these extremists don't pose a thread to air security at the moment. Or as foreigners travelling to the US with bad intentions.

While it's certainly unfair for a large innocent group, it still avoids extensive checks for the rest.

they don't cross border so it's no point check for them at borders, most likely these guys don't even have passport