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This is a survey on public perceptions. Not actual threats.

• the_third_wave 4y ago
  Can you show a survey of actual threats which supports the thesis that left-wing extremism is as insignificant as you claim it to be? From what I am able to see there is not that much difference between the two. Here's a recent report on left-wing extremism in the United Kingdom: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/834429/Allington-McAndrew-Hirsh-2019-Jul-19.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... I have not found a similar study on far-right extremism but there is a report giving an overview of the far right: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/834424/Ben_Lee_-_Overview_of_the_far_right.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... Reading these reports shows that political violence currently is at a low level in the UK but that it is on the rise internationally which has the potential to lead to an increase both on the far-left as well as the far-right side.