On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:14:33 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:35:45 +0700, John B.
wrote:


So irrational people who want and want and use violence to try to get
their own way...are Rightwingers? Sorry lumpy..thats the very
definiton of Leftwinger.


I'm not up on modern American political nomenclature but I believe a
group that wants to institute belief in the strict adherence to the
Law as it is written and on a conservative life style would probably
be termed a Right-winger.

So Stalin and the National Socialists were Rightwingers? Pol Pot was a
Right Winger along with Mao?

Fascinating!


The usual explanation of Right wing/Left Wing politics is

"In simple terms, the right-wing is in favor of centralizing political
power in the hands of the leaders of government, and the left-wing is
in favor of distributing political power to the people. Politics on
the right is associated with conservatism; politics on the left is
associated with liberalism."

Using that definition I believe that you have to classify Stalin as a
Right Winger, and Mao also. In spite of being communists they both
believed in controlling everything and not allowing the proletariat a
say in the government.

As for Pol Pot, well he was a dictator and he and his cadre certainly
controlled every facet of life in Cambodia so I'd guess he falls in
the same category.

The thing is that you have to look at what is going on, not just the
surface features. I mean, you can wear a dashiki and grow an Afro and
prance around high fiveing folks but when you get down to the 'hood
they aren't going to accept you as a real Brother. :-)
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Cheers,

John B.