That's not at all what I was trying to say (and reading what I wrote I can see how it could be misunderstood). The far left has obviously in very many places an

That's not at all what I was trying to say (and reading what I wrote I can see how it could be misunderstood). The far left has obviously in very many places and at very many times been absolutely horrific. My point was that claiming that there is an equivalence between the two in general (and specifically today in the US for example) is I believe false. Basically talking about the "far left" and "far right" in the abstract is meaningless as terms meaning nothing in and of themselves. You have to talk about it in a particular time and a particular place for it to have any meaning.