In the old days... caution - greatly simplified...
...Left and right referred to where representatives sat (wing) in the French
Parliament. In the US (and perhaps elsewhere) it came to mean (generally):
Left - large government with greater power is necessary and desired
to solve the nations problems and will not interfere with the liberty of the
people.
Right - Small government with minimal power is necessary and desired
to maintain the liberty of the people and adequate to solve the nations
problems.
Most folks are really a mixture of the two, with views depending upon the
issue.
Often you will hear some folks being described as Centrists. A little of
each perhaps. Folks are trying to reach a balance between security and
liberty and where they sit (assuming they are really knowledgeable -
whatever that means) will depend upon which of two noble goals they prize
most.
Speaking, just for me, liberty for mankind is the greatest prize. I don't
find "balance" to be in the center of US politics. I see on side as
"weighted".
Over the years, left and right became less a description of political
philosophy and more a long list of policies whereby folks are judged by
their "stand" on each political issue, and caricatures for leftists and
rightists evolved. It all became quite confusing.
When I say I am "right of center", this is the "scale" I am referring to.
Regards,
Bob...
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From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This may seem uneducated of me - but I here you all saying "i'm right of
> centre", "he's left", "left winged", "right winged" etc, can someone
please
> explain to me just what these terms mean?
>
> From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I am a Christian & right of center.
>
> I am continually accused of all manner of things that have nothing to do
> with me or anyone I know. It's as though someone made an elaborate
> caricature and assigned to it all sorts of ridiculous extremes. Then all
> that's necessary for amusement is the accusations. Not as much fun as tar
> and feathers, but it's legal.
