XPost: az.general, az.politics   
   From: yell@ow.fever   
      
   mrmcafee wrote:   
   > Larry in AZ wrote:   
   >> Waiving the right to remain silent, mrmcafee   
   >> <"(mrmcafee)nospam"@cox.net> said:   
   >>   
   >>> Once again, right / left wing references in political discourse refer   
   >>> to what degree a person supports democracy. The term stems from the   
   >>> French Revolution where supporters of the Crown sat to the speaker's   
   >>> right - that being the most favored location, and those who supported   
   >>> a republic sat to the left with those seeking a compromise somewhere   
   >>> between the two in the middle. So, if you support oligarchy, you are   
   >>> a right winger. If you support fascism, you are a right winger. If   
   >>> you supported the election of Dubya Bush in the 2000 election even   
   >>> though he didn't win the popular vote you are a right winger. If you   
   >>> support granting electoral franchise to tourist who are just passing   
   >>> through town on election day, you are a left winger. If support a   
   >>> democratic, constitutional republic, you are a left winger. etc. etc.   
   >>> etc.   
   >>   
   >> Not in the common venacular, fool.  Your above examples makes them   
   >> left or right, not "wingers".   
   >>   
   >> Time to throw out your dusty old textbooks...   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Get an education, Larry. You look foolish.   
      
   Drop the endless semantic nattering, you look like a senseless partisan   
   theoretician.   
      
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