1/not so polite thread: we are all fielding media/policy requests to address far-right violence etc. We also feel the pressure to follow up on the changing dynamics of this threat. It does not excuse the amount of unsubstantiated/reckless "insights" many "experts" put out there.

2/ First, if you do not have the data to support it, don't assert that a specific component of the far right is the most dangerous one. Even if it is the focus of your research.

3/ The far-right is not a single uniformed movement just because it is convenient for you, or because occasionally, members of the different groups collaborate. Hamas and Hezbollah have collaborative relationships. Still, no expert on ME terrorism argues they are the same org.

4/ Similarly, the fact that some far-right groups collaborate with foreign organizations does not mean they are international organizations. In the same way, Hamas' collaboration with multiple MB associations outside Palestine does not make it an "International organization."

5/ When you publish a policy paper which argues that PB has 40 chapters all over the globe, and your only source for this fact is the website of the group itself, it will be nice actually to fact check it before putting it out there and helping PB to hype the group.

6/ Lastly, just because you invested 20 years or so in researching Jihadi terrorism doesn't mean that all other terrorist actors (such as far-right groups) are suddenly copycats of Jihadi terrorism. Let's be less simplistic and more nuanced than that. END.