I did all the highlighting whether it was about economics, immigration, welfare, nationalism vs. (Reply #14)

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Wed May 30, 2012, 05:17 PM

pampango (24,690 posts)

14. I did all the highlighting whether it was about economics, immigration, welfare, nationalism vs.

internationalism and the various terms that the author thought were more descriptive of those parties than simply calling them "far-right".

I think their policies in the areas of economics (nationalist and anti-globalist) and the safety net (supportive, if in a nativist way) are what makes it questionable to simplistically call them "far-right". That was the point of the article.

Do you not agree that they differ from the right wing in the US in those policy areas?

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
The European far right: actually right? Or left? Or something altogether different? [View all]	pampango	May 2012	OP
LOL. Right is really Left, guys! Plus, sticking up for worker is totally racist!	Romulox	May 2012	#1
It seems hard to spin the French Nazi Party as "left wing."	TheWraith	May 2012	#7
The European right is a far different creature	hifiguy	May 2012	#2
You need only look at the former Governator....	Wounded Bear	May 2012	#3
Le Pen is the head of an openly racist party. The OP is attempting to link pro-worker sentiment	Romulox	May 2012	#4
I am not disagreeing with you	hifiguy	May 2012	#5
OK, but as you can see, the OP isn't the type to discuss this sort of nuance. The insinuation of a	Romulox	May 2012	#6
I think that is the point of the article. The Euroright is, at least in economic terms, different	pampango	May 2012	#12
That's funny, since you (not the author) highlighted all the stuff about economics in big letters.	Romulox	May 2012	#13
I did all the highlighting whether it was about economics, immigration, welfare, nationalism vs.	pampango	May 2012	#14
I've had to explain this to people before, European 'right' is NOT at all American neo-con 'right',	cecilfirefox	May 2012	#8
That may be so. But the National Front is a neo-Nazi party.	TheWraith	May 2012	#9
And Nazism, Sir, Is Perpendicular To The Usual Scale....	The Magistrate	May 2012	#10
Socially Right-Wing / Economically Left-Wing	ikri	May 2012	#11
Well said. Even the BNP (hardly a "liberal" group) supports a guaranteed minimum income and other	pampango	May 2012	#15

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