Is it possible to be so far to the Left that you're on the Right?

[bluestateguy]

Or, can one be so right-wing that he is on the Left?

[marmar]

1. Enjoyed your weekend in Amsterdam, did you?

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[Faygo Kid]

5. Thought the same thing. It's Friday!!

[DS1]

2. Possibly

I've been called a right-winger a dozen times in the last few weeks, here. Nevermind the 65,000+ posts, and numerous anti-war marches and leaflet handouts

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[QC]

3. The French have a saying about this:

Les extrèmes se touchent. -- The extremes touch one another.

There are certainly authoritarian lefties--we have lots of them on DU!

[rzemanfl]

4. I think this involves physics, I don't do physics. n/t

[mitchum]

6. No, that's one of those bits of "wisdom" that people always deliver...

with that patented oh-so-profound nod of the head.
It's akin to "celebrities always die in threes"

[Kutjara]

7. I suppose it's possible that, at some point,...

...the wild and wooly end of the anarchist spectrum might blend into the wild and wooly end of the libertarian spectrum, thereby completing the circle. Whether anyone could actually make the full circuit without their head exploding is another matter, however.

[cynatnite]

8. I know an atheist who thinks that abortion infringes on the rights of those against it ...

so, I'd say yes.

[Luminous Animal]

12. Atheist and left

are not synonymous.

[movonne]

9. You can go so far left that you are right...

[MH1]

10. Whacked is whacked.

So I'd say, yes.

[woo me with science]

11. Well, consider the "liberal" nanny state threads here

pushing government regulation of everything from trans fats to smoking to pornography.

Most disturbing are the inevitable posts advocating suppression of opposing points of view--shutting the opposition down rather than countering the message. To me, that is the epitome of going so far left that you turn right.

[Occam Bandage]

13. Only if you think there's only one axis.

[Adsos Letter]

16. ...great...

...now I can't sleep...

[AllentownJake]

14. The results are the same

Extreme Leftist and Extreme Rightist governments result in tyranny where the other side is not allowed to enter the debate.

[helderheid]

15. I consider myself a liberal/social libertarian. Perhaps?

[LeftishBrit]

17. I think that intolerant fanaticism of any sort is fundamentally right-wing

I don't think that being far-left on its own makes you right-wing; but the authoritarian far-left have always ended up as essentially right-wing. An authoritarian government run on dogmatic left-wing ideology is essentially a theocracy, and has the same disastrous flaws as any other theocracy.

[UndertheOcean]

18. labels are just labels , they mean nothing

[MsTryska]

19. Well i found myself agreeing with pat buchanan on a few things

so yes - i think it is possible.

[robcon]

20. I always thought Nader and Buchanan agreed on a lot of issues.

n/t