Why Liberal is Called The Right & Labor Is Called The Left :D

[windrake]

I have often wondered why it is that Liberals are called the "right" and Labor is called the "left."

By chance I was sent this from a mate who read it in verses of the Bible:

"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left".

Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)

Also, Matthew 25:33 . . .

He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

So, sayeth the Lord. Amen.

Can't get any simpler than that!!!  :^O:^O]:)

Think that says it all :^O They will be Gonski in September. They are so on the nose that people can't wait to Gonski them :^O They will live & die with the Gonski ]:)

[Anonymous]

I don't know why they call it that. LL's explanation seems right, but I wouldnt know, all I know is it's just a jump to the left ;-):-pB-)

[lakeland27]

I don't know why they call it that. LL's explanation seems right, but I wouldnt know, all I know is it's just a jump to the left ;-):-pB-)

and a step to the right..

put your hands on your hips.. etc 🙂

[Anonymous]

thats it 🙂

[lightningdance]

The terms "left" and "right" appeared during the  French Revolution 1789

If you know your history this is when the terms left & right was first used.

It changed over the years but still remains as a term for political party ideology in the Labor side of politics,  factions which are sometimes called extreme left factions like the Greens & factional ideologues of the left like the communists.

The modern term Left denoted the Labor party & the term right denoted the Conservative party, this has always been the case.

There are muted variations of terms like centre left & centre right but these terms are still of the left & right side of politics.

More contempory labels are small L Liberal &  centre left Labor. The factional bases of the Labor party are  referred to as the left & the Centre Left & if there is a Centre Labor faction I haven't read or heard about it, it's a contradiction of terms.

[lakeland27]

well its obvious you have no real idea. moderate libs and labors centre right factions are almost indistinguishable from each other. thats why the far right conservatives believe turnbull and petro georgiou along with the likes of judith troeth belonged across the chamber.

although abbott has managed to squash that side of turnbull that was decent in recent times.

[lightningdance]

well its obvious you have no real idea. moderate libs and labors centre right factions are almost indistinguishable from each other. thats why the far right conservatives believe turnbull and petro georgiou along with the likes of judith troeth belonged across the chamber.

although abbott has managed to squash that side of turnbull that was decent in recent times.

Well here we have the bitter LL trying to change history, trying to blame Abbott for the woes of the failed Labor party, trying to shift the failed Labor party to the centre to try to obfuscate that Gillard is a socialist politician & hard left. A pawn of the radical unions..

This is the reason she has failed so dramaatically in the eyes of the public, they don't like her or her politics, they don't trust her & they don't believe a word she utters, they no longer listen to her or any of her party.

Labor know this & they will be obliterated come Sept.

[newstart2380]

well its obvious you have no real idea. moderate libs and labors centre right factions are almost indistinguishable from each other. thats why the far right conservatives believe turnbull and petro georgiou along with the likes of judith troeth belonged across the chamber.

although abbott has managed to squash that side of turnbull that was decent in recent times.

LL, why are you so insistent on telling people they are wrong or have no idea, please we are intelligent, educated and just as capable as you of making comments, the difference is most of us do not slam your thoughts as you do with your negative responses to most posts but in particular those written by seemingly liberal voting people ?

I don't understand your adverse criticisms, is it just to stir people along or are you just like that ?  

[lakeland27]

because they are mainly.

[the_great_she_elephant]

and a step to the right..

put your hands on your hips.. etc 🙂

You put your right foot in,

You put your right foot out,

You put your right foot in

And you shake it all about,

You do the hokey kokey and you turn around,

That's what it's all about.

[windrake]

Oh lookee here, Rocky Horror has arrived, the transvestite doing the dance.