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hifiguy

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2. The European right is a far different creature
Wed May 30, 2012, 02:09 PM
May 2012

than the American right. Taken without their American baggage, nativist/populist seems like a fairly accurate description. They certainly don't have anything like the religulously insane over there and their right seems to be quite distrustful of banksters and international capitalists.

LOL. Right is *really* Left, guys! Plus, sticking up for worker is totally racist! Romulox May 2012 #1
It seems hard to spin the French Nazi Party as "left wing." TheWraith May 2012 #7
The European right is a far different creature hifiguy May 2012 #2
You need only look at the former Governator.... Wounded Bear May 2012 #3
Le Pen is the head of an openly racist party. The OP is attempting to link pro-worker sentiment Romulox May 2012 #4
I am not disagreeing with you hifiguy May 2012 #5
OK, but as you can see, the OP isn't the type to discuss this sort of nuance. The insinuation of a Romulox May 2012 #6
I think that is the point of the article. The Euroright is, at least in economic terms, different pampango May 2012 #12
That's funny, since *you* (not the author) highlighted all the stuff about economics in big letters. Romulox May 2012 #13
I did all the highlighting whether it was about economics, immigration, welfare, nationalism vs. pampango May 2012 #14
I've had to explain this to people before, European 'right' is NOT at all American neo-con 'right', cecilfirefox May 2012 #8
That may be so. But the National Front is a neo-Nazi party. TheWraith May 2012 #9
And Nazism, Sir, Is Perpendicular To The Usual Scale.... The Magistrate May 2012 #10
Socially Right-Wing / Economically Left-Wing ikri May 2012 #11
Well said. Even the BNP (hardly a "liberal" group) supports a guaranteed minimum income and other pampango May 2012 #15
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