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In Poland the right doesn't scare people with left-wing terrorists but with immigrants. It's basically "you need to be afraid of muslin terrorists". In this case the right will claim they had nothing to do with this guy and blame the government for not preventing it.

While what you say is generally true, in Germany there was genuine left-wing terrorism and there was a dictatorship that colored itself red until recently in former Eastern Germany. I don't think it affects nearly everyone who is / pretends to be afraid of leftwing parties, but there definitely is some generational trauma playing into this.

Given even parts of the CDU have cooperated with the left I think this bias is slowly fading, but still present. As for the police, I'm kinda torn on the matter. They are getting political pressure to deliver 'balanced' results and probably have their own biases, but it's not like they don't take care of far-right nutjobs or that they let it slide when you have illegal weapons.

Do you think that's particularly old, or particularly young?
There was a documentary on arte called "24h Europe". It runs indeed for 24 hours, because it's mostly in real time. See if you can find a stream or a copy, it's absolutely riveting. They interviewed dozens of people under 30 all over Europe. Plenty of them held far-right views.
I specifically remember an interview with a 15-year-old Polish girl who had joined a paramilitary training camp. She rambled on and on about the "Muslim wave", and how she feels obliged to defend the Polish borders etc. :-/

I really struggle with how people in their twenties.can be “far right”.

Why? Young people want to belong and right-wing groups have great organization. It's really easy to find a group that will accept you, all you have to do is to hate people that are different. To fit in a left-wing group you actually have to know something and have values. And left is way more judgemental. You can agree with them on 95% of topics but you disagree about one thing and you're a nazi/transphobe/homophobe/chauvinist/something else.

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

~ Albert Einstein

When I was 20, I was listening to Alex Jones and researching conspracy theories.

Sure, I was in it more for the NWO/Bilderberg/Bohemian Grove type content and less for the Christian right-wing, antisemitic, 2nd amendment stuff (I'm not US American).

But at that age, when you ask yourself what's wrong with the world, I can at least understand how some people are drawn in by simple answers and develop kind of a psychosis that supports their worldview at all times.

| military-style clothing

I never buy that bullshit from the media. I'm wearing combat boots right now. Know why? Been working outdoors all day and they're the most comfortable, multi-purpose footwear I've ever owned.

Catch me hiking at my camp in the boonies. I might have my Colt .45 in a WWII tanker holster, because it's comfortable, out of the way, safe and works. May have a Camelbak backpack, because it was $4 (new!) at the thrift and it's the best pack I've ever had. I may even have on milsurp pants because they were $7 at the thrift and again, multipurpose and comfy. Top it off with a shmaugh when it's cold.

Here I was purposefully going for the "right-wing gun nut" look for giggles. Nailed it! I've since sewn the flag on my hat on upside down, because fuck this country. The "military" sweater was $1 at the surplus store.

And look! "Military style" weapons! AH! The one I'm holding is a .22.

The LGBT flag and a gas mask may allude to the Nazi murders in the gas chambers. The second photo is from 7 years ago, the guy was 17 at the time, so his views may have changed drastically, and making fun of John Paul II is typical of 90% of teenagers in Poland.

Those pictures tell nothing about him and don't necessarily contradict Kierwiński's words