Who were the Jan 6th rioters?
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Started by joj - Feb. 15, 2022, 9:35 p.m.

They weren't necessarily lower class white workers.  40% were business owners.  But there was a common thread...

Counties with the most-significant declines in the non-Hispanic white population are the most likely to produce insurrectionists.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/fears-of-white-people-losing-out-permeate-capitol-rioters-towns-study-finds/

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By metmike - Feb. 15, 2022, 9:57 p.m.
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Thanks joj!

THE FACE OF AMERICAN INSURRECTION
Right-Wing Organizations Evolving into a Violent Mass Movement

https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/cpost/i/docs/americas_insurrectionists_online_2021_01_29.pdf?mtime=1611966204

By metmike - Feb. 15, 2022, 9:59 p.m.
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Compare that to the riots of 2020:

Recent protest attendees are more racially and ethnically diverse, younger than Americans overall

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/24/recent-protest-attendees-are-more-racially-and-ethnically-diverse-younger-than-americans-overall/

Younger adults and Democrats more likely to have attended a protest in the last month

metmike: No surprise!