The State of the News and Other Observations

From Sea To Shining Sea ^ | 11/19/09 | PurpleMountains

[PurpleMountains]

There was an AP article this morning about a ruckus in Moscow between a group labeled “anti-racist” and another group called “neo-NAZI” in one place and “right-wing” at another point. Since NAZI is the acronym for a particularly perverse form of socialism, how did we ever let the mainstream press get away with calling NAZI supporters “right-wing”? The real definition of “right-wing” is “freedom-loving supporter of the Republic form of government”, a precious possession left to us by our Founding Fathers. Left-wing, on the other hand, is a term properly applied to statists, those who want to give up freedom for the supposed security of an intrusive government, operating under the banner of Naziism, communism, socialism, or something approaching one of those isms.

Where left-wing forms of government always break down is that they cannot work at all unless the central planners have control over the production and distribution of goods and services – and there are always those stubborn individuals who refuse to conform and must be dealt with – usually at gunpoint

[PGalt]

Good post and explanation of your mindset. Interesting.