[Revolutionary]

Royalists, Dictators, Communists, Fascists, Socialists and liberals (progressives) are all left wing. This is on of the fundamental myths the left pushes; that left wing competitors are actually right wing. The left sees chaos and tries to dictate order. The right sees complexity and embraces freedom. Libertarians are actually the farthest right. That is because the right embraces freedom and not anarchy. Conservatives are in the middle of the right wing. The Tea party is in the middle of the right wing. The so called moderates are defined by their willingness to give up some level of freedom for some perceived good. The problem with that is: the perceived good never occurs, often backfires and the freedom is gone. Conservatives have the wisdom to know this and defend their freedoms.

[muawiyah]

That's not actually the way the French Legislative Assembly thought of itself. In 1791/92 they continued to have a problem with the Royalist ~ who were, in fact, the Right.

As I have said many, many, many times none of this applies to American politics since, as it turns out, we don't have a CENTER ~ we even have a different political history than France.

If you want to discuss the Founders you need to discuss our Founders, not their Founders, nor modern concepts.

George Washington formally rejected being a monarch ~ and that's all it takes to NOT be a monarchist or royalist. He also rebelled against a King ~ guy was called George III of the then ruling regime in most of North America.

[Weirdad]

Wow, GREAT comment worth repeating "downthread":

"Royalists, Dictators, Communists, Fascists, Socialists and liberals (progressives) are all left wing. This is on of the fundamental myths the left pushes; that left wing competitors are actually right wing. The left sees chaos and tries to dictate order. The right sees complexity and embraces freedom. Libertarians are actually the farthest right. That is because the right embraces freedom and not anarchy. Conservatives are in the middle of the right wing. The Tea party is in the middle of the right wing. The so called moderates are defined by their willingness to give up some level of freedom for some perceived good. The problem with that is: the perceived good never occurs, often backfires and the freedom is gone. Conservatives have the wisdom to know this and defend their freedoms."

Thanks!