What does "right wing" mean?

Question

I hear this phrase a lot in politics and sometimes in religious discussions. What does it mean?

Answer 1

in congress there are 2 wings which u see on television, the meeting room has a walkway, the walkway that government officials enter in by on the State of the union address. well these seatings one on the right and one on the left are referred to as wings. the right wing is where republicans sit and the left wing is where liberals sit. of course as politics go the democrats were originally the conservatives and the republicans the liberals, so both parties literally sold their soul to the enemy and switched over...lol crooked jerks!

Answer 2

from Wikepidea:

In politics, right-wing, the political right, and the right are terms used in the spectrum of Left-Right Politics, and much like the opposite number of Left Wing, it has a broad variety of definitions and terms- the same name can, in politics, sometimes mean different things. However, it is generally used to refer to the segments of the political spectrum often associated with any of several strains of conservatism, monarchism, libertarianism, anarcho-capitalism, reactionism, the religious right, nationalism, fascism, or simply the opposite of left-wing politics.

The term originates from the French Revolution, when liberal deputies from the Third Estate generally sat to the left of the president's chair, a habit which began in the Estates General of 1789. The nobility, members of the Second Estate, generally sat to the right. In the successive legislative assemblies, monarchists who supported the Ancien Régime were commonly referred to as rightists because they sat on the right side. It is still the tradition in the French Assemblée Nationale for the representatives to be seated left-to-right (relative to the Assemblée president) according to their political alignment.

As this original reference became obsolete, the meaning of the term has changed as appropriate to the spectrum of ideas and stances being compared, and the point of view of the speaker. In recent times, the term almost always includes some forms of conservatism....

Answer 3

In the United States, it is synonymous with the political conservatives. But it's more accurate, because "conservative" means different things in different countries. Right wing ideology typically favors increased military and governmental power, decreased social services, and minimal regulation of industry.

Typically the "right wing" is associated with nationalism.

The origin is this: around the time of the French Revolution, the liberal reformers sat on the left side of parliament, and supporters of the old monarchy sat on the right. Hence, the "left and right" wings of the political spectrum became the populists and nationalists, respectively.

Answer 4

Conservative, following the established traditions. It is a term that originated with the French government immediately after the revolution when the mainparties were situated on the right of the house, and independent members sat on the left.

Answer 5

The term Left-wing can label socialist-type politics (called liberal in the United States) of all degrees within the Left-Right political spectrum.
It stands in contradistinction to right-wing politics, with both terms originating in early nineteenth-century French parliamentary practice. The monarchists tended to group themselves on the right of the chamber, while the constitutionalists or radical reformers would sit on the left (see spatial politics). From this, "the right" came to connote support for a strong monarchy, while "the left" implied support for a more democratic government.

From this, "the right" came to mean support for monarchical and aristocratic interests, while "the left" implied opposition to the same, proto-laissez faire free marketeers (who in modern America are considered to be rightists) and communists. At the time, the defining point on the ideological spectrum was the old order, on the right. On the near left stood people holding views similar to those of Edmund Burke, and on the far left massed a host of competing alternatives.

Traditionally, the left side of the political spectrum spans a spectrum from modern liberalism, extending through social democrats and moderate socialists into anarchism and communism. Many have disputed this arrangement as simplistic; they argue that Russian-style communism does not really belong on the left and should be viewed independently of the conventional spectrum or placed on the right as a type of authoritarian dictatorship. Critics of democratic socialism or of left-liberalism have often used the association of communism with Soviet-style politics to argue that the political left has become tarred with the crimes of bolshevism.

The European left has traditionally extended into Communist parties, which have sometimes allied with more moderate leftists to present a united front. In the United States of America, however, labor unions and New Left activists rather than 19th century socialist ideas have defined the left.

The 'New Left' has had varying degrees of unity since its rise in the 1960s, and is a coalition encompassing several movements (such as feminists, Greens, Labor unions, Atheists Gay rights activists and racially oriented Civil Rights groups). Greens often deny that the 'left' label provides any useful cover or coherence, and build their green politics on a different set of assumptions, usually asserting that local control improves on central control, and that only a few issues benefit from global unity.

Many critics of the left have claimed that leftist movements lost their moorings after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Most leftists respond that they have never taken their inspiration from the Soviet model and rejoiced to see the USSR's system collapse -- as leftist writer Michael Albert put it, "one down, one to go".

Some leftists also subscribe to post-modernism and Nietzschean philosophies. Critics on the right have generally seen this as an indication of the poorly thought-out, fashionable nature of leftism. Critics on the left say postmodernism makes no sense and offers no useful political lessons.

Answer 6

It is the wing on the right side of a bird. Just kidding. right wing is conservative. It is generally used to describe the church going Christians who vote, but being right wing does not have to involve Christianity.


In politics it is the anti abortion, pro life , pro death penalty, anti big government anti gay marriage. and those hard issues.

I am right wing in my politics, but am not Christian I disageree with issues like gay rights, abortion and am very against the Christians trying to claim it as their own.

It is getting to the point that a lot of us find it hard to be right wing due to Christians trying to take itt over. I don't have anything against Christians, but i hate it that everyone tries to make the Republican party Christian and democrate party non christian.

Both parties should have both Christian and non christian in them. Which they do, but that is the way it is beginning to be. This country is not about Christians agains non Christians it is about freedom. I think we loose sight of that at times. I am Wiccan and I voted for Bush, but eveytime he stands up and says that Wicca and paganism is not a valid religion protected in the constitution, I want to puke. If it keeps getting worse in the Republican party, I will be forced to register and vote Libertarian or Independant.

Answer 7

What a wonderful question. Religion is, of course, the form that one's worship takes. Thus there are thousands of forms. Religion includes a system of religious beliefs and practices. The object of the religion may be false gods or the true God. Hence, there is false religion and there is true. Religion can get very fancy or remain simple. In the former case, such as it is today. In the latter case, such as it was in the Garden of Eden. What then is worship to me? How do I worship? To worship means to obey. And to obey means to worship. The two are intimately connected; indeed, they are coterminous and cannot be separated. Specifically, to obey the Sovereign Lord God Jehovah of Armies is to worship Him. I do my imperfect best in this regard. I fall on my face and get back up to try and try again. In the Garden of Eden, so long as they obeyed Jehovah, Adam and Eve were worshiping him. No temple, no Mosaic Law, no meetings. Simply leave the tree of the knowledge of good and bad alone. Simple. The minute they disobeyed, they stopped worshiping Jehovah. Same with the nation of Israel. The minute they attempted to practice a syncretistic religion they stopped worshiping Jehovah. The minute they made the golden calf, they stopped. And on and on. To worship is to obey. To obey is to worship. Hannah J Paul

Answer 8

right=conservative. left equals=liberal

conservative is supposed to mean that those politicians belive in a conservative use of the governments power (though they apply this philosophy only when it come to overseeing corporations)

liberal obviously implies a liberal use of Governments powers (though liberals tend to be conservative when it come to police powers, which they should be because that power is reserved to the states)

Answer 9

Conservative. Anti-gay, Anti-abortion, Creationism, Pro-christianity, anti-atheism, pro-war-on-terror, etc.

Opposite of left-wing, which is Pro-gay, Pro-choice, Evolution, Pro-equal rights, anti-war-on-terror, etc.

Of course, not all members of each side agree with each thing, but still...

Answer 10

It means that the person or group is politically conservative.