List and define Ted Robert Gurr's three types of domestic terrorists. Provide an example of each to support your answer

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

• The growth of right-wing extremists is indicative of vigilante terrorism.
• The purpose of vigilantes is to defend the status quo or return to the status quo of an earlier period.
• Gurr points to the Ku Klux Klan, the Christian Identity movement, and other white supremacy organizations as examples of vigilante terrorism that rely on right-wing rhetorical traditions.
• Gurr describes insurgent terrorists in revolutionary terms.
• Black militants, white revolutionaries, and Puerto Rican nationalists fall into this category.
• Insurgent terrorism aims to change political policies through direct threats or action against the government.
• It is the political antithesis of vigilante terrorism because it attacks the status quo.
• Transnational terrorism occurs when non-indigenous terrorists cross national borders.
• Gurr identifies several sources of transnational terror in the United States.
• Some foreign nationals have carried their fights onto U.S. soil, and some domestic groups have been inspired by foreign events.
• In other cases, foreign countries may have begun to target Americans at home.