Politics
Lucinda Creighton: Giving far-left extremists authority puts democracy at risk
Society takes a far too forgiving approach to criminal and violent actions by eco-socialist protest groups who believe their views are morally superior to all other opinions
There has been a tendency to excuse the actions of far-left eco-socialists as innocent and idealistically motivated. Disruption, criminal damage and mass gatherings by the far right are closely monitored by police, intelligence services and especially policymakers across Europe, but often a far more forgiving approach is applied to groups on the far left. It is worth examining, however, the extreme narratives behind some of these groups and the likelihood of escalation to violence when ...
