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→Pejorative usage: Expanding to explain why right wing and far right are used for the Nazis. Also clarifying the bit about Nazis being closer to left-wing, since there have been left-wingers who actually want the state destroyed.
==Pejorative usage==
==Pejorative usage==
Usage of terms like "right wing" and "far right" by liberals about conservatives is usually intended to conjure up images of Nazi genocide (though an objective interpretation of the left-right political spectrum would reveal that the fascist regimes of WWII Europe were more statist than right-wing). Indeed, some critics openly liken Israel and its leaders to "Nazis", even though Israel is the most democratic country in the entire Middle East.<ref>Arabs have full citizenship rights in Israel, even serving as judges and legislators.</ref>
Usage of terms like "right wing" and "far right" by liberals about conservatives is usually intended to conjure up images of Nazi genocide (though an objective interpretation of the left-right political spectrum would reveal that the fascist regimes of WWII Europe were closer to the left-wing than to the right-wing). Indeed, some critics openly liken Israel and its leaders to "Nazis", even though Israel is the most democratic country in the entire Middle East.<ref>Arabs have full citizenship rights in Israel, even serving as judges and legislators.</ref> The misapplication of the right wing and far right to that of the Nazis is due to Josef Stalin stating after World War II that Nazis and fascism were "far right" or "right wing" both the paint truly right-wing organizations in a negative light and to deflect any blame from the Soviets regarding similar actions they may have conducted.
In modern politics, the term '''right wing''' is used by [[liberals]] in their attempt to make [[conservatives]] look extreme and unreasonable.
In modern politics, the term '''right wing''' is used by [[liberals]] in their attempt to make [[conservatives]] look extreme and unreasonable.
The term is used less frequently by [[liberals]] now because it has lost much of its pejorative effect.
The term is used less frequently by [[liberals]] now because it has lost much of its pejorative effect.
==Extreme Polarization==
==Extreme Polarization==