[ti:Extremists Face Condemnation After Capitol Attack ] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]In the past, right-wing extremism incidents [00:04.52]mostly took place in rural parts of the United States. [00:10.28]They include when right-wing extremists [00:14.32]occupied a federal bird sanctuary in Oregon in 2016. [00:22.08]In 1992, there was a conflict between white separatists [00:28.64]and federal agents in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. [00:32.40]And in 1995, extremist Timothy McVeigh [00:38.32]bombed a federal building in Oklahoma City and killed 168 people. [00:46.76]But the attack by rioters on the U.S. Capitol [00:50.68]targeted the heart of American government. [00:54.24]It also brought together large numbers of people [00:58.72]who belong to extremist groups, [01:01.72]giving them the chance to establish links to each other. [01:07.04]One expert said the incident might let them work together [01:12.64]toward other violent actions. [01:15.72]The events have "a radicalizing effect," said Brian Michael Jenkins. [01:22.60]"The battle of Capitol Hill is now part of mythology," he added. [01:29.08]Jenkins is a terrorism expert and adviser to the president [01:34.20]of the RAND Corporation research center in California. [01:39.72]Mary McCord is a former acting U.S. assistant attorney general for national security. [01:47.20]She said the environment for the attack had been building [01:52.08]throughout the term of former President Donald Trump. [01:56.48]She listed the 2017 "Unite the Right" white supremacist demonstration [02:03.76]in Charlottesville, Virginia in which one person was killed. [02:08.72]She also listed demonstrations at state capitols by armed protesters [02:15.36]angry about COVID-19 public health safety orders [02:20.44]and mass shootings by people expressing racial or anti-government hatred. [02:27.80]"All have led to this moment," said McCord in an email to the Associated Press. [02:34.56]She is now a visiting law professor at Georgetown University Law Center. [02:41.24]The Southern Poverty Law Center watches U.S. extremist groups. [02:47.52]It has recorded a 55 percent increase in the number of what it calls [02:54.00]white nationalist hate groups since 2017. [02:59.28]Among those who attacked the Capitol on January 6 [03:03.88]were members of the Oath Keepers. [03:06.72]They are an extremist group that seeks members among the military and police. [03:12.88]The Proud Boys were there too. [03:16.56]There were followers of QAnon, which spreads conspiracy theories, [03:22.16]and people who are angry about race, religion and other issues. [03:28.20]"January 6th was kind of a Woodstock of the angry right," Jenkins said. [03:35.04]Woodstock was a 1968 rock music performance [03:39.52]that brought thousands of young people together. [03:44.00]"The mere fact those groups were coming together...sharing this anger... [03:48.56]it is going to have effects," he said. [03:51.92]The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned of planned armed protests [03:57.60]at all 50 state capitals and in Washington [04:02.28]for President Joe Biden's swearing in ceremony. [04:06.40]That proved false. Some wonder if the groups have become less involved. [04:13.00]Also, Trump is no longer president and his social media reach has been blocked. [04:19.60]Twitter has banned him. [04:21.92]But now, some are clearly angry that Trump condemned the attack. [04:27.48]They are also angry that he failed to come to the rescue [04:32.24]of rioters who were arrested while he was still president. [04:36.64]Many are still being detained and face serious charges. [04:42.12]On the internet, some people who were members [04:46.04]of the Proud Boys appear to have turned against Trump. [04:50.20]As an outgoing president, Trump did not pardon [04:53.56]any of the many Capitol attackers. [04:58.16]"No pardons for middle class whites," one angry extremist [05:02.56]wrote on Telegram, a private messaging service. [05:07.24]Another said: "I cannot wait to watch the GOP completely collapse... [05:13.28]a true nationalist movement will arise." [05:17.32]GOP stands for Grand Old Party, [05:21.40]a popular name for the Republican Party. [05:25.08]Believers in QAnon are also surprised that Trump [05:29.64]left office without doing anything about their belief [05:33.60]that the U.S. government is filled with evil people. [05:37.52]Among them was Ron Watkins, [05:40.72]who helps run a website about QAnon conspiracy theories. [05:45.60]"We gave it our all. Now we need to keep our chins up [05:50.16]and go back to our lives as best we are able," Watkins wrote on Telegram. [05:56.52]Jenkins said he hoped extremist groups and other people [06:00.84]who saw Trump as a leader would become a national movement. [06:05.64]But the widespread condemnation of the Capitol attack [06:10.16]could cause the movement to decrease. [06:13.04]"I think given the events of this past year, and especially [06:18.08]what we've seen in the last couple of months, [06:21.28]this puts us into new territory," Jenkins said. [06:25.68]"And you don't put this back in the box that easily." [06:31.96]I'm Susan Shand. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM