In politics there are terms such as left-wing and right-wing, what does that mean exactly?

Question

Is there a political terms reference book or such?

Answer 1

right wing is people
that love religion
that love war
killing people
and loveless marriage
hate anything to do with sex
hate abortionists
hate drugs
hate poor people
hate blacks and mexicans
and love white rich people and corporations

left wing

hate corporations
hate the elite
hate the media owned by the elite
love freedoms such as drugs,
not wearing seatbelts,
not wearing helmets
love peace
embrace differences in people
love love over marriage
and want the elite to help poor people

Answer 2

When the French Estates General met at Versailles on 5 May 1789, the event that set off the revolution, the representatives of the aristocracy sat on the right side of the chamber, and the representatives of the common people sat on the left. The right side was considered more honorable. Remember, the French word for left is "gauche." As a result, those who support the interests of the rich and powerful have been said to be on the right, while those who support those with less wealth and power are said to be on the left.

Answer 3

The terms originated with the symbol of America the Bald eagle. Those on the left wing include JIMMY CARTER, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Hugo Chavez, Milosivic, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Al Frankin, Nancy Pelosi, etc.

Answer 4

It had to do with the British Parliment. They are seated on the Left Wing Or the Right Wing of the Floor.

Answer 5

historically and internationally, right wing refers to conservatives and left wing to liberals.

to be more specific:

left wing refers to more socialist goverment and economic models, the extreme being communism. more moderate examples included canada, with its free healthcare. typical left wing ideals favor the common man, the middle class, working people, the under-represented, lilke children, minorities, the sick and the chronically poor.

rigth wing refers to more capitalistic models, such as adolph hitlers moderate nazi regime, and the more extreme example of course being george w. bush's modern america, where the president weilds the power of a king, the richest 10,000 people who ever lived on earth get a $15,000,000,000,000 tax break, 300,000 iraqi civilians get carpet bombed, and habeas corpus ceases to exist.

i hope this clears it up for you.

Answer 6

Left and right usually refers to positions on economic matters, with the left favoring policies that that favors labor and the right those that favor business or capital. Conservatives in the US is right on economic issues but also includes social Conservatives who are most concerned with cultural issues. Liberals favor policies the promote more economic equality, but there is also a cultural component that favors a more open permissive society. Both say they favor freedom but authoritarianism is present in both the right and the left and both sides have supporters individual rights.

Answer 7

Those are terms used to describe the extremists of each party.

The leftwing refers to Democrats that are liberal socially.

The rightwing refers to Republicans that are conservative socially.

Answer 8

Because they tend to make school a career instead of going out into the working world getting real jobs, or starting their own businesses.

Answer 9

Left wing refers to liberal (mainly Democratic) ideas, right wing to conservative (mainly Republican), ideas.

Answer 10

"Left-wing" and "right-wing" come from the location of seats in the British government.

The modern-day terms are DIFFERENT than their original terms.

The American meanings are DIFFERENT than European meanings.

Modern American meaning:

Left-wing: pro-abortion, pro-illegal immigration, pro-hollywood, more government programs.

Right-wing: pro-christianity, lower taxes, pro-gun.