James Ormond wrote:
Sandy, I always had trouble understanding what people meant when they used the terms "extreme left" and "extreme right". Then, about 4 months ago, I saw a guy define the "political spectrum" the way (he said) it used to be defined before the definitions were corrupted (by whomever wants to divide - and conquer - the people). It made sense to me. A spectrum afterall, at least when we're talking about colors, starts with one type of color and graduates to other, DIFFERENT colors.
[snip] Tell ya' something you might find amusing: During the 1992 campaign, when I worked for awhile for Perot The Populist, I also sent personal letters to every right- and left-wing organization I could find out about (a couple thousand orgs and individuals), and I kept track of the responses. My records indicated that the orgs and individuals identified closely with the *Right* were twice as responsive as those on the *Left*, and easily ten times as friendly. There's something to be said about the down-home sincerity of those folks in small-town America, as opposed to the ruthless, cynical people who mostly populate the left-wing positions of influence today in big cities. Of course, if the Right were to seize power from the Left today (i.e., take over newpapers, TV, and so on), what I've described might shift a bit.