Defining the Left and Right

[Lost in Translation]

A Guide to Basic Differences Between Left and Right

Tue, Jan 17, 2017 

Dennis Prager

 

Source of Human Rights

Left: government

Right: the Creator

Human Nature

Left: basically good (Therefore, society is primarily responsible for evil.)

Right: not basically good (Therefore, the individual is primarily responsible for evil.)

Economic Goal

Left: equality

Right: prosperity

Primary Role of the State

Left: increase and protect equality

Right: increase and protect liberty

Government

Left: as large as possible

Right: as small as possible

Family Ideal

Left: any loving unit of people

Right: a married father and mother, and children

Guiding Trinity

Left: race, gender and class

Right: liberty, In God We Trust and e pluribus unum

Good and Evil

Left: relative to individual and/or society

Right: based on universal absolutes

Humanity’s Primary Division(s)

Left: rich and poor; strong and weak

Right: good and evil

Ideal Primary Identity of an American

Left: world citizen

Right: American citizen

How to Make a Good Society

Left: abolish inequality

Right: develop each citizen’s moral character

View of America

Left: profoundly morally flawed; inferior to any number of European countries

Right: greatest force for good among nations in world history

Gender

Left: a social construct

Right: male and female

Most Important Trait to Cultivate in a Child

Left: self-esteem

Right: self-control

Worth of the Human Fetus

Left: determined by the mother

Right: determined by society rooted in Judeo-Christian values

Primary Source of Crime

Left: poverty, racism and other societal flaws

Right: the criminal’s malfunctioning conscience

Place of God and Religion in America

Left: secular government and secular society

Right: secular government and religious society

American Exceptionalism

Left: chauvinistic doctrine

Right: historical reality

Greatest Threat to the World

Left: environmental catastrophe (currently global warming)

Right: evil (currently radical Islamist violence)

International Ideal

Left: world governed by the United Nations, and no single country is dominant

 

Right: world in which America is the single strongest entity

Primary Reason for Lack of Peace in Middle East

Left: Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Right: Palestinian, Arab and Muslim denial of Jewish state’s right to exist

Purpose of Art

Left: challenge status quo and bourgeois sensibilities

Right: produce works of beauty and profundity to elevate the individual and society

Guns

Left: ideally universally abolished, except for use by police, the armed forces and registered sportsmen

Right: ideally widely owned by responsible individuals for self-protection and the protection of others

Race

Left: intrinsically significant

Right: intrinsically insignificant

Racial, Ethnic and Gender Diversity at Universities

Left: most important

Right: far less important than ideological diversity

Black America’s Primary Problem

Left: racism

Right: lack of fathers

Greatest Playwright

Left: entirely subjective; there is no greatest playwright

 

Right: Shakespeare

War

Left: not the answer

Right: sometimes the only answer

Hate

Left: wrong, except when directed at the political

Right: wrong, except when directed at evil

Cultures

Left: all equal

Right: some are better than others

America’s Founding Fathers

Left: rich white male slave owners

Right: great men who founded the greatest society

Purpose of Judges

Left: pursue social justice

Right: pursue justice

National Borders

Left: a relic of the past

Right: indispensable for national survival

View of Illegal Immigrants

Left: welcomed guests

Right: illegal immigrants

Nature

Left: intrinsically valuable

Right: made for man

http://www.dennisprager.com/a-guide-to-basic-differences-between-left-and-right/

 

 

[Aetherous]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-left-is-consumed-with-hate-1537723198?fbclid=IwAR0TbpHldUMjMkP4kP4zXV2aXE3EYO8yEOT-Rp_nJaAyayxxUgXQowYFWpE

 

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Why is this apparent insanity so common among leftists these days? What happened to intellectualism?

Edited November 10, 2018 by Aetherous

[Apech]

4 hours ago, Aetherous said:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-left-is-consumed-with-hate-1537723198?fbclid=IwAR0TbpHldUMjMkP4kP4zXV2aXE3EYO8yEOT-Rp_nJaAyayxxUgXQowYFWpE

 

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Why is this apparent insanity so common among leftists these days? What happened to intellectualism?

 

A whole generation has been manipulated and is suffering psychological imbalance as a result.

 

[Marblehead]

6 hours ago, Aetherous said:

Why is this apparent insanity so common among leftists these days? What happened to intellectualism?

Apparent?  No, not only apparent but factual.  Their way is the only acceptable way and there is no requirement for it to be logical or reasonable.

 

Yes, brainwashing and drug culture.

 

[ilumairen]

20 hours ago, Aetherous said:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-left-is-consumed-with-hate-1537723198?fbclid=IwAR0TbpHldUMjMkP4kP4zXV2aXE3EYO8yEOT-Rp_nJaAyayxxUgXQowYFWpE

 

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Why is this apparent insanity so common among leftists these days? What happened to intellectualism?

 

The man being yelled at is just standing there, while this person yells the most foul things he can think of at him, and then Mr Foulmouth yells at Mr CalmlyStanding about angry white men??? 

 

And this is real? 

[Pilgrim]

20 hours ago, Aetherous said:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-left-is-consumed-with-hate-1537723198?fbclid=IwAR0TbpHldUMjMkP4kP4zXV2aXE3EYO8yEOT-Rp_nJaAyayxxUgXQowYFWpE

 

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Why is this apparent insanity so common among leftists these days? What happened to intellectualism?

That is a sickening display. Time for someone to call the little white men in the little white suits.

 

 

[Aetherous]

1 minute ago, ilumairen said:

And this is real? 

 

I suspect this is happening on a daily basis across the US. There is something wrong with these people, where they're not able to see their own hypocrisy.

[Pilgrim]

17 minutes ago, Aetherous said:

 

I suspect this is happening on a daily basis across the US. There is something wrong with these people, where they're not able to see their own hypocrisy.

No kidding, I wonder if in his derranged mind he thinks he is black or something other than a pasty pale face?

 

This reminds me of news footage of stupid people back in the 1960’s screaming over stuff.

[ilumairen]

33 minutes ago, Aetherous said:

 

I suspect this is happening on a daily basis across the US. There is something wrong with these people, where they're not able to see their own hypocrisy.

 

Calling someone's mother's womb rancid, and then talking about sexism is more than hypocritical imo. 

 

How do you even reason with this? 

 

[Pilgrim]

58 minutes ago, ilumairen said:

 

Calling someone's mother's womb rancid, and then talking about sexism is more than hypocritical imo. 

 

How do you even reason with this? 

 

Reason has left the room. That person is a raving loon.

[Marblehead]

It must have exited through the left door because they damn sure didn't come through the right door.

 

[Marblehead]

BTW  While it is true that the opposite of right is left, it is also true that the opposite of right is wrong.

 

[Pilgrim]

And as we all know two wrongs make a circle ⭕️ back to the left these days.

[dawei]

wasn't sure where to put this so settled on here.  So to disagree with something on the right:

 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fox-news-made-fun-alexandria-164400155.html

 

I don't agree with her socialist stance and not sure it is good for the left or if embraced pushes them more to the left... but the diversity of those elected brings new ideas which is good.

 

She is the youngest to be elected and that she is kind of in a bind over getting an apartment in DC is a real, tangible issue for her.  Fox should, instead of mocking her, offer to help her.    What is truly so hard about reaching across the isle...

[ilumairen]

13 minutes ago, dawei said:

wasn't sure where to put this so settled on here.  So to disagree with something on the right:

 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fox-news-made-fun-alexandria-164400155.html

 

I don't agree with her socialist stance and not sure it is good for the left or if embraced pushes them more to the left... but the diversity of those elected brings new ideas which is good.

 

She is the youngest to be elected and that she is kind of in a bind over getting an apartment in DC is a real, tangible issue for her.  Fox should, instead of mocking her, offer to help her.    What is truly so hard about reaching across the isle...

 

I knew a long time employee of homeland security who built his house 'across the border' and commuted due to the insane housing costs in D.C.

 

She isn't the only one to find it difficult and/or a tax on resources. And I'm certainly not big on the redistribution of wealth or socialist agendas. This being said, she'll have a few rough months, and then she'll be fine. She was aware of these things ahead of time, and made her choices. 

 

[Aetherous]

33 minutes ago, dawei said:

that she is kind of in a bind over getting an apartment in DC is a real, tangible issue for her.  Fox should, instead of mocking her, offer to help her.

 

It's a sign that our elected officials have become disproportionately wealthy and privileged compared to the average American; instead of public servants, they've become a ruling class. Definitely not something to laugh about.

[ilumairen]

 

Interesting little talk on the moral roots of liberalism and conservatism.

 

The end was the best part imo..

[Marblehead]

Based on Jonathan's criteria I am a contradiction.

 

[ilumairen]

On 11/11/2018 at 1:07 PM, dawei said:

wasn't sure where to put this so settled on here.  So to disagree with something on the right:

 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fox-news-made-fun-alexandria-164400155.html

 

I don't agree with her socialist stance and not sure it is good for the left or if embraced pushes them more to the left... but the diversity of those elected brings new ideas which is good.

 

She is the youngest to be elected and that she is kind of in a bind over getting an apartment in DC is a real, tangible issue for her.  Fox should, instead of mocking her, offer to help her.    What is truly so hard about reaching across the isle...

 

She apparently isn't actually in need of help:

 

Ocasio-Cortez claims she can't afford DC apartment, but records show she has at least $15,000 in savings

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-claims-of-not-being-to-afford-dc-apartment-crumbles-under-scrutiny

[Aetherous]

20 minutes ago, ilumairen said:

Ocasio-Cortez claims she can't afford DC apartment, but records show she has at least $15,000 in savings

 

That might be her emergency fund (which is supposed to enable one to live without working for 6 months).

[ilumairen]

Just now, Aetherous said:

 

That might be her emergency fund (which is supposed to enable one to live without working for 6 months).

 

You mean exactly the situation she now funds herself in, and knew she would be in if she was elected?  

 

[Aetherous]

12 minutes ago, ilumairen said:

You mean exactly the situation she now funds herself in, and knew she would be in if she was elected?  

 

I think the 3 months would wipe out her fund...and it's never a good idea to wipe it out! Not sure she knew about the time gap without a paycheck until recently.

Don't get me wrong, I think she's horrible...she is truly a socialist, evidenced by her recent complaints about Amazon.

I just view the DC apartment situation differently than most.

I also think it's possible that she could simply commute until paychecks came in - problem solved. After that point, well, she can stop complaining, because she'll be earning more than 3 normal people combined.

[Pilgrim]

On 11/12/2018 at 11:58 AM, ilumairen said:

 

Interesting little talk on the moral roots of liberalism and conservatism.

 

The end was the best part imo..

Wonderful and well worth watching start to finish. Agreed the end is the best part but the rest makes it so.

[Pilgrim]

3 hours ago, Aetherous said:

 

I think the 3 months would wipe out her fund...and it's never a good idea to wipe it out! Not sure she knew about the time gap without a paycheck until recently.

Don't get me wrong, I think she's horrible...she is truly a socialist, evidenced by her recent complaints about Amazon.

I just view the DC apartment situation differently than most.

I also think it's possible that she could simply commute until paychecks came in - problem solved. After that point, well, she can stop complaining, because she'll be earning more than 3 normal people combined.

Hotel 6 We’ll leave a light on.

[Aetherous]

 

It's actually sad how unconscious these students and/or protesters are.