What do "left" and "right" mean to you?

[RainDog]

2. The origin of the term "left" is the French Revolution

when the estates general met after Louis was unable to get the aristocracy to pony up some taxes to pay for funding wars by proxy against the British (aka The American Revolution), those who wanted to create a republic sat on the left side in the building. That was 1789.

those who supported the monarchy sat on the right.

Reward the winners is a bullshit statement when the playing field is not level and laws are created to continue to favor those who, by accident of birth, can game the system (as in George W., C student, legacy student because of his family connections, gets bailed out after fucking up his business Bush.)

This is what makes me want to slap conservatives into next week - they pretend they're winners and the reality is that they're just gaming the system. Like criminals. Cheaters. Spoiled brats.

That's how I would describe conservatives.

They're also backward thinking, prejudiced because they're afraid of change, and, generally, unable to appreciate creativity because the only way they measure the world is in terms of how much money they have in comparison to someone else.