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February 23, 2008
Labels in Modern Politics
A Left/Right comparison with a bit of history thrown in.
Posted by Tina Grazier
If you ever wondered about the common labels we use in politics, and where they came from, this is the article for you. I’m not sure it will change how any of us describes one another or ourselves but it will clarify some of the notions we have about the terms we use. Perhaps you, like the author, will conclude that, “We who have been called "conservative" (because we somehow have not accepted the Marxian idea of progress) are ultimately just people who believe in truth.
“The Misnomer of Conservatism,” by Bruce Walker – American Thinker
Who gave us the terms "Left" and "Right"? The atheistic, murderous French Revolutionaries, who were themselves on the Left Bank of the Seine, and whose implacable enemies were on the Right Bank of the Seine.
These monsters, overshadowed by the evils of other Leftists later, were quite prepared, by their own admission, to kill one quarter of the population of France - many millions of people - to achieve their revolutionary aims.
Who invented the terms "liberal," "conservative," "progressive," "reactionary," "revolutionary," "radical," and "moderate" in the sense that we use those terms today? Karl Marx and those who largely accepted the Marxian view of things created this lexicon of political shades. Marx, who influenced Lenin, Mussolini and Mao, has been allowed from the grave to give us those words that we use to describe our politics today.
I believe that conservatives are "people who believe in truth," but we are also people who love and believe in freedom.
Posted by Post Scripts at February 23, 2008 08:12 PM