XPost: az.general, az.politics   
   From: yell@ow.fever   
      
   Larry in AZ wrote:   
   > Waiving the right to remain silent, General Malaise  said:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Nailed him..!   
   >   
      
   Yee ha!   
      
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