What is Left Wing/Right Wing?

[JaCrispy]

I wanted to make this thread because I honestly don’t know the answer...

 

There seems to be a lot of overlapping when it comes to these two ideologies...

 

-Both can be racist

-Both can be authoritarian 

-Both can believe in socialism, while using capitalism to grow

-Both can virtue signal about what they claim are their moral values, while secretly engaging in the opposite 

 

So what, really, is the difference between Left Wing/Right Wing?

 

Is it a belief in a higher power (ie God) vs. secularism (humanism)?

Is it tradition vs. ‘anything goes’?

Is it isolationism vs. globalism?

 

Obviously there are economic and social issues at play, here- and maybe others I’m not even thinking about...so feel free to contribute any and everything so that we can have a fuller understanding...👍

 

 

Edited March 20, 2022 by JaCrispy

[JaCrispy]

A simple google search had this:

 

Generally, the left-wing is characterized by an emphasis on "ideas such as freedom, equality, fraternity, rights, progress, reform and internationalism" while the right-wing is characterized by an emphasis on "notions such as authority, hierarchy, order, duty, tradition, reaction and nationalism".

 

At first glance I found it odd that it said “freedom” is associated with the Left wing types of people...Because I just always associated that side with wanting big government control, and mocking Right Wingers who cry freedom all the time...so that confused me a bit...

 

Second, I found it odd when it said Left Wing supports rights, because you see a lot of see a lot of support of censorship, and shutting down of free speech rights coming from the Left...granted, censorship has also come from the Right at various stages of history as well...so this was a bit confounding...

 

I like freedom, but understand you have to have some authority and order so there isn’t chaos...The Left and Right will forever bicker over what is the right amount...Typically people who are confident in themselves, self assured, and believe that Man is more good than bad, want more freedom...Those who are less confident, and more fearful of the world and human nature, tend to be the ones willing to surrender their individual freedoms for more government control...This last part isn’t necessarily a fact, just the way I see it...👍

 

The word ‘equality’ doesn’t really have any meaning to me, because it is such a vague term, that is thrown around all the time, and can mean anything and nothing at the same time...It just seems to be one of those words that sounds good to say, while nobody seems to know what it’s actually referring to...

 

Rights are God given (according to the Constitution) so I don’t understand how the Right Wing can be nationalists but not be for rights, if it’s in your nation’s founding document...
 

Hierarchy is a biological manifestation...So it certainly has its place...But not to the point where people at the top of a particular hierarchy should be able assert tyrannical power over others...

 

Tradition is important, and can also be very useful...But not to the point where it keeps society from progressing, and stuck in place...

 

Nationalism can be good (so long as it’s done in moderation) because it allows for a place for people of shared values...Like a small town is a microcosm of a larger county or state, so, too, is a nation for the whole world...And as technology continues to bring the world closer together, and cultures continue to evolve, you can envision a cohesive international global community (Obviously with the caveat that the end result could go any number of ways)...😉

 

Another point that was made is that the Right is reactionary...This would tend to make sense, because as the Left pushes for change, the Right reacts to the change...Sometimes the Right is against the change and pushes back...Other times the changes might be an obvious need...

 

But in conclusion, based on this google search, I would say that I agree with some of the Left wing values and some of the Right wing values...So, I guess I would be considered a moderate or in the center of the political spectrum...

 

 

Edited March 20, 2022 by JaCrispy

[Niagara Bill]

Interesting thoughts Crispy. I have often thought that some people are so far right they actually become lefty. Was Nazi Party actually right or left?

I think a deciding factor maybe  money!$$$$$$. Should money be left with the earner or should it partially be redistributed by a formula. 

Money hoarded is harmful to the colony of people. Money needs to be recirculated 7 times for a colony to be successful. That is basic enterprising. 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

8 minutes ago, Niagara Bill said:

I think a deciding factor maybe  money!$$$$$$.  

Bingo! It’s all about where the money comes from. The rest is a bunch or circular references, contradictions and lies and figuring out how to control and manipulate as many minds as possible.

 

there’s no virtues values or principles.

 

the one thing the Republicans say rightly is the less government, the better, even though they don’t practice what they preach.

 

and the one thing the democrats say rightly is be who you want to be, love who you want to love etc, but then of course they act as the most everything ‘ists’ on the planet

 

 

[Tiberius]

 

4 hours ago, JaCrispy said:

I wanted to make this thread because I honestly don’t know the answer...

 

There seems to be a lot of overlapping when it comes to these two ideologies...

 

-Both can be racist

-Both can be authoritarian 

 

 

 

So you are trying to water down and make "normal" right wing racism. You know anything about American history? Conservatism has had as its backbone racism as its core. Just loo how the Conservatives bailed on the Democratic party after the Civil Rights bills passed

 

 

But I get it, accuse democrats/pro-republic people of the same things of the wanna be authoritarians 

[Niagara Bill]

1 hour ago, Tiberius said:

 

So you are trying to water down and make "normal" right wing racism. You know anything about American history? Conservatism has had as its backbone racism as its core. Just loo how the Conservatives bailed on the Democratic party after the Civil Rights bills passed

 

 

But I get it, accuse democrats/pro-republic people of the same things of the wanna be authoritarians 

Oh come on Tibs. AOC is as racist as anyone in the world. Reverse racism is racism on the other side of Main Street.

AOC looks at someone and says you must be racist because you are white. I will teach you how to act because I know best because I am black. 

That is racism. 

Remove the idea of color, and religion and you begin to have quality. But you cannot sit high on a pedestal build on color and religion and point down and call others racist.

[SoCal Deek]

My two cents:

The two are virtually indistinguishable in 2022 America. The current divide is more accurately described as Inside vs Outside…not Right vs Left. 

[Tiberius]

38 minutes ago, Niagara Bill said:

Oh come on Tibs. AOC is as racist as anyone in the world. Reverse racism is racism on the other side of Main Street.

AOC looks at someone and says you must be racist because you are white. I will teach you how to act because I know best because I am black. 

That is racism. 

Remove the idea of color, and religion and you begin to have quality. But you cannot sit high on a pedestal build on color and religion and point down and call others racist.

She isn't racist at all.

[Tiberius]

That's just. Stupid racist point 

[Bob in Mich]

If you could imagine a line painted on the ice from the center of each net, left wingers should generally fore and backcheck to the left of that line, while right wingers should patrol right of that line. Same for offensive play but creativity allows for more free flow and less positional rigidity.  Oh, and don't forget to cover your points. 

 

You are welcome.

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

1 hour ago, Tiberius said:

She isn't racist at all.

She is that ’ist’, just about every other in the book and also the poster girl for the Dunning-Kruger effect… 

[Tiberius]

39 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

She is that ’ist’, just about every other in the book and also the poster girl for the Dunning-Kruger effect… 

Always accuse your opponents of being what you are...

[Orlando Buffalo]

5 hours ago, Tiberius said:

 

So you are trying to water down and make "normal" right wing racism. You know anything about American history? Conservatism has had as its backbone racism as its core. Just loo how the Conservatives bailed on the Democratic party after the Civil Rights bills passed

 

 

But I get it, accuse democrats/pro-republic people of the same things of the wanna be authoritarians 

So please explain why it was the liberal states that damaged minorities the worst during the pandemic? If I need to explain why that is clearly true then you are once again too ignorant to be taken seriously when you spout such drivel 

[JaCrispy]

6 hours ago, Tiberius said:

 

So you are trying to water down and make "normal" right wing racism. You know anything about American history? Conservatism has had as its backbone racism as its core. Just loo how the Conservatives bailed on the Democratic party after the Civil Rights bills passed

 

 

But I get it, accuse democrats/pro-republic people of the same things of the wanna be authoritarians 

Not trying to water down any kind of racism...Just saying that there is racism on both sides...I’ll give you an example of what I mean...

 

After doing some research a few years back, I learned that early 20th century Progressives were very racist towards black people.  Not necessarily overtly, like “burn crosses on your front yard” racism (although there were some who did this too)...But early 20th century racism was more subtle, or covert...

 

This all came about when people joined the military and were given aptitude tests...Blacks scored lower than whites, on average- not because they didn’t have the same mental capacity, but because they were only a generation removed from slavery, and did not have same opportunities in a segregated nation...

 

However, progressive leaders like Woodrow Wilson and Margaret Sanger (among others) used the test results to justify the notion that white people needed to help ‘civilize’ the African race, because their inferiority made them incapable of doing it on their own...This was very common thought among early 20th century Progressives...

 

So, the point I’m try to illustrate here is that, from my estimation, there seems to be two form of racism...

 

The first form is the most obvious because of its visibility...It’s what I like to call “uneducated racism”.  It’s the racism that stems from our biological hardwiring- where humans tend to fear the unknown, or the unfamiliar...When we aren’t familiar with something, we naturally tend to distrust that thing...And when we distrust something we eventually start to resent or hate that thing...We concoct all kinds of irrational reasons for why that thing is the worst possible thing on Earth...This is “uneducated racism”.  This is the kind you see from some rural folks, who have never met another person of a different ethnicity...

 

The other form of racism, I refer to as “educated racism”...This racism comes from the more we’ll-to-do people in society, and is less obvious, but exists right beneath the surface...It’s the kind where college educated people don’t think blacks are smart enough to know how to get a photo ID...It’s the kind that Malcom X talked about when speaking about white liberals...It’s their education and elite status that makes them feel superior to the African coming out of slavery...Malcom  described it that they would befriend the black man, earn their trust, to make them feel like they were on their side...Offer them token gifts, through token government programs to win their favor...All the while it is to make the African dependent on the white man to take care of them, but also control them, because they were viewed as too inferior to take care of themselves...It’s the ‘soft bigotry of lowered expectations’.

But I want to make clear, even though Malcolm X references white liberals in this way, this form of ‘educated racism’ (elitism) exists on both sides, in both parties...I’m not trying to be partisan here...just trying to help illustrate that, contrary to popular belief, racism does exist on both sides...

Here is a short video on Leftist Progressive Margaret Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood) to further illustrate this point...

 

 

Edited March 20, 2022 by JaCrispy

[SoCal Deek]

You guys really don’t see that these are just the topics that the Inside wants all of us on the Outside arguing about? Really? What’s it going to take for you guys to wake the Fock up?

Edited March 20, 2022 by SoCal Deek

[Tiberius]

1 hour ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

She is that ’ist’, just about every other in the book and also the poster girl for the Dunning-Kruger effect… 

 

[Niagara Bill]

1 hour ago, Tiberius said:

Always accuse your opponents of being what you are...

I do my best not to be racist, my dear Mr Tibs  and would appreciate you not refer to me that way. And tell AOC not to as well. We ALL have things to learn and can be better. 

Those of us, and we are many, who do our best to not stereotype are not helped by being called racist by people like AOC who is a racist by her actions and speech.

A Scotsman is cheap, talks funny, has ruddy complexion, has a short temper and eats haggis. That is stereotype, and I have very close friends who fit that description. I love them, trust them, they are dear to me, I respect them I even share a wee dram with them, so I am I a racist because that describes them?

 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

36 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

 

Exactly- THANK YOU!  This looks like it was written by a 4th grader, not someone who is supposed to have the mental capacity to effectively legislate. 

Edited March 20, 2022 by Over 29 years of fanhood

[Tiberius]

1 hour ago, JaCrispy said:

Not trying to water down any kind of racism...Just saying that there is racism on both sides...I’ll give you an example of what I mean...

 

After doing some research a few years back, I learned that early 20th century Progressives were very racist towards black people.  Not necessarily overtly, like “burn crosses on your front yard” racism (although there were some who did this too)...But early 20th century racism was more subtle, or covert...

 

This all came about when people joined the military and were given aptitude tests...Blacks scored lower than whites, on average- not because they didn’t have the same mental capacity, but because they were only a generation removed from slavery, and did not have same opportunities in a segregated nation...

 

However, progressive leaders like Woodrow Wilson and Margaret Sanger (among others) used the test results to justify the notion that white people needed to help ‘civilize’ the African race, because their inferiority made them incapable of doing it on their own...This was very common thought among early 20th century Progressives...

 

So, the point I’m try to illustrate here is that, from my estimation, there seems to be two form of racism...

 

The first form is the most obvious because of its visibility...It’s what I like to call “uneducated racism”.  It’s the racism that stems from our biological hardwiring- where humans tend to fear the unknown, or the unfamiliar...When we aren’t familiar with something, we naturally tend to distrust that thing...And when we distrust something we eventually start to resent or hate that thing...We concoct all kinds of irrational reasons for why that thing is the worst possible thing on Earth...This is “uneducated racism”.  This is the kind you see from some rural folks, who have never met another person of a different ethnicity...

 

The other form of racism, I refer to as “educated racism”...This racism comes from the more we’ll-to-do people in society, and is less obvious, but exists right beneath the surface...It’s the kind where college educated people don’t think blacks are smart enough to know how to get a photo ID...It’s the kind that Malcom X talked about when speaking about white liberals...It’s their education and elite status that makes them feel superior to the African coming out of slavery...Malcom  described it that they would befriend the black man, earn their trust, to make them feel like they were on their side...Offer them token gifts, through token government programs to win their favor...All the while it is to make the African dependent on the white man to take care of them, but also control them, because they were viewed as too inferior to take care of themselves...

But I want to make clear, even though Malcolm X references white liberals in this way, this form of ‘educated racism’ (elitism) exists on both sides, in both parties...I’m not trying to be partisan here...just trying to help illustrate that, contrary to popular belief, racism does exist on both sides...

Here is a short video on Leftist Progressive Margaret Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood) to further illustrate this point...

 

 

You are talking about pre-Civil Rights era Progressives? Woodrow Wilson was a straight up racist, yes. He was from the south and supported segregation. Black people were not allowed to vote then so Black people really didn’t get much of a voice in anything. The Civil Rights movement, with the help of White Liberals, ended Jim Crow and gave Blacks the right to vote and be citizens. White liberals voted to do that and the Conservatives left the Dems to go to the Republicans. Did there use to be racists progressives? Yes, but times change. 

 

But to say that now now both sides are racist, and to use hundred  year old comparisons is not a sound argument. 

22 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

Exactly- THANK YOU!  This looks like it was written by a 4th grader, not someone who is supposed to have the mental capacity to effectively legislate. 

She writes better than Trump does

[Buffarukus]

all i can tell you is neither is the same ideology that it was awhile ago. occupy wall street for example seemed fundamentally similar to the trucker protest when it came to demanding respect to the lower working class being trampled by elite power over reach. if you were on a side for both protests and your positioning changed then people need to ask themselves why. 

 

mine stayed the same so  im considered a far right trumper now. 🤔

Edited March 20, 2022 by Buffarukus