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There are a far fewer far right groups, so you can't really compare compare them by counting the number of infiltrated orgs. In general righties aren't big fan

• forapurpose 8y ago
  > There are a far fewer far right groups Do you know of some empirical basis for that? Also, what about numbers of members?
  • tracker1 8y ago
    At varying levels there are government agents at any level of criminal activity undercover. My dad was an undercover narcotics police officer for several years (while I went through middle-high school) embedded in the biker gangs in the Southwest US in the late 80's and early 90's. A lot of it is/was BS and a lot wasn't. I can't speak to specific numbers, but there are a lot of organizations out there with varying levels of operational complexity. It wouldn't surprise me that there are a great number out there. Also, it's not like there aren't people in many of these organizations who are actively engaging in violent and terrorist acts. Some of the most violent and vocal are actually left wing groups. That isn't to say there aren't right wing groups that aren't a problem. It also doesn't help that people tend to lump them all together. I see a lot of those who are Libertarian or conservative speakers that get violently protested and lumped in with the extremists. It's really hard to have pragmatic and practical discussions these days when the majority are so closed minded on one side or another.