nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/82dc64808d356461 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240806s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/82dc64808d356461 doi eng 342 23 Valentim, Vicente Author aut Making the Unacceptable Acceptable - How the Elite Rhetoric May Have Normalized Far-Right Violence in the UK Valentim, Vicente Verfassungsblog 2024-08-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Over the last days, England and Northern Ireland have witnessed a wave of racist violence and destruction. These riots, which have thrown the country into chaos, included attacks on mosques, burning of cars, and confrontations with the police. The racist nature of the events is made clear by the racist chants that are sung amid them, by posters shown by participants, and by the selective targeting of minorities. Given how shocking these scenes are, one naturally wonders what is causing them. Research suggests that elite rhetoric in recent months can have made these events more likely, by making far-right individuals feel that acting on their views is more acceptable. CC BY-SA 4.0 election far-right political violence Racism rhetoric United Kingdom violence Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/uk-riots-racism/ raw object