Left-Wingers more intelligent and empathetic than Right Wingers.

[Cassandra Syndrome]

The fools that did this report probably don't even know what the origin of the concept is. Technically I'm left wing as Frederic Bastiat sat to the left of the French Legislative Assembly.

[Ex celt]

The fools that did this report probably don't even know what the origin of the concept is. Technically I'm left wing as Frederic Bastiat sat to the left of the French Legislative Assembly.

Respect.

[uriah]

More intelligent still are people who realise that the left wing and the right wing concept is redundant.

I think the left/right divide has never, in my lifetime, been more evident.

Those who claim otherwise are blind - or in denial.

[Lonewolfe]

More intelligent still are people who realise that the left wing and the right wing concept is redundant.

Yea, for instance, Labour are an Irish Left wing Party!

[Cassandra Syndrome]

I think the left/right divide has never, in my lifetime, been more evident.

Those who claim otherwise are blind - or in denial.

Imo, those on the left are against the social order, while those on the right are for it. Which kinda makes sense I suppose, as I would have more in common with Marxists than the corporate loving statists that have dominated global politics for the best part of 100 years.

You could argue that the Green Party who were left wing are now right wing, as well as Labour (as Lone Wolfe just mentioned)

[toxic avenger]

How about you stop putting yourself in pre-defined pigeon holes.
Do you really believe the whole political landscape can accurately represent all the differing opinions with just 2 elements of thought?
Wake up, you are falling into a well designed plan to keep people divided.

Racists are less intelligent, have lower reasoning and cognitive abilities, and are frightened of the new, say the studies. Their racism is the path of least resistance for their intellectual and psychological shortcomings. Interesting, eh?

[bkeith]

With the onset of wisdom, people become more realistic and realise the utopian dreams they had when they were young are impractical.

Churchill : "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain."

[toxic avenger]

So lefties that scream about the "blank slate" and that it's "nurture over nature" when it comes to hereditary IQ, racial IQ, gender, etc are more than happy to take the exact opposite view if it makes them look good.


Ye are the greatest hypocrites that ever lived.

Aggression when faced with what angers them - classic!

[Lonewolfe]

I think the left/right divide has never, in my lifetime, been more evident.

Those who claim otherwise are blind - or in denial.

I'd agree with Cass in that the pure Left/Right divide was certainly a 20th century thing.

However, they are useful terms and indicators on certain social and economic matters.

How would you categorise the following, left or right?

pro/anti the welfare state
pro/anti multiculturalism/immigration
pro/anti public ownership of strategic services
pro/anti legalisation of soft drugs
pro/anti abortion
pro/anti gay marriage
pro/anti wealth tax
pro/anti corporation tax
pro/anti globalised business
etc

[eoghanacht]

With the onset of wisdom, people become more realistic and realise the utopian dreams they had when they were young are impractical.

Churchill : "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain."

Jaysus I thought you were intelligent.

A first year uni student knows that quote ffs.