The latest attempted assassination of President Donald Trump has rightly caused shock, outrage, and disgust around the world. There should be no place at all for political violence and terrorism in Western democracies.

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Amid a radicalised left - which now routinely accuses its political opponents of not merely holding different political views but of being ‘fascist’, ‘extremist’, ‘far-right’, or ‘threatening democracy’ - President Trump clearly views a part of today’s left as being dangerously open to using violence, aggression, and harassment.

Clearly, when Trump points the finger at the left, the usual columnists, gatekeepers, and activists within the left establishment will roll their eyes.

But what if he has a point? What if he is right? What if, actually, a big pile of evidence suggests there is a much bigger problem with political violence on the left than the right? Here’s what you’ll probably never hear on BBC Verify or CNN, including lots of studies and surveys that do suggest Trump has a point.

While political violence and hatred exist on both sides — and should always be condemned — a large and growing pile of evidence suggests that parts of the modern left are far more politically intolerant than their right-wing counterparts.

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Routinely, we are told the main threat facing Western nations is not the far-left or even Islamists but the ‘far-right’ - fascists, authoritarians, misogynists, and so forth - while the left is presented as tolerant, compassionate, inclusive, empathetic.

But look at the evidence and a very different picture emerges.

[complaining about people feeling happy that Charlie Kirk is dead

Committed liberals and left-wingers […] are four times more likely than conservatives to believe that celebrating the death of a political opponent is fine.