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   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..!   
      
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