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Comment by sherry-sherry

Correct it's not the best study, but it's better than your survey. Mostly since it comes from things that have actually happened which other studies can look at too.

Your points about the data from this study are valid if there weren't multiple other studies that reach the same conclusions. The data still rings true.

You kinda undermined your own original argument by wanting to include non-fatal crimes and violence from the 60s-80s, when I thought we were talking about modern trends and as such is why I picked 1990 onwards.

RE: 5, as you said... when you remove the huge statistical outlier right-wing violence still outpaces left-wing almost 4.6:1. You took proved the point, the right wing is far more violent.

RE: 7, more people die at the hands right-wingers than left. I count death as a higher degree of violence; whereas I've seen you consider a survey response to be violent... so we might be at very different ends of the agreement there.

Anyway, this has been fun and I think we've both reached as far I'm willing to care about. Have a good day.

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