OMG - big image - a breakdown of the right vs the left. Not a perfect image by a long shot, but they do a decent job of finding ways to put things that give both sides credit.
You accept it on broad generalizations - I cannot accept it because of the lies in it. I see a vast difference between what the American right purports to be and what they really are and I refuse to accept it.
Oh, I don't argue that the American right "purports" to be any or all of the above, by any means--I think the modern day right wing party is so ahistorical and unconscious of the origins of conservatism its laughable to think that they represent any direct descendency to conservatism much beyond outside of the linguistic use of the terms "right wing" and "conservative" themselves.
This chart though is not without some function in introducing the concepts of both sides--and keep in mind that this chart is looking at these perspectives not solely through the American lens.
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You accept it on broad generalizations - I cannot accept it because of the lies in it. I see a vast difference between what the American right purports to be and what they really are and I refuse to accept it.
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This chart though is not without some function in introducing the concepts of both sides--and keep in mind that this chart is looking at these perspectives not solely through the American lens.
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