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|<hr/>In the 1920s, the Oregon legislature passed a KKK-backed measure which prohibited public school teachers from wearing religious clothing. The ACLU opposed the repeal of the bigoted law in the 2010s.

|<hr/>In the 1920s, the Oregon legislature passed a KKK-backed measure which prohibited public school teachers from wearing religious clothing. The ACLU opposed the repeal of the bigoted law in the 2010s.

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'''Leftist''' refers to someone on the Left side of the [[political spectrum]], such as a particularly [[liberal]] member of the [[American]] [[Democrat Party]], a member of the [[British]] [[Labour Party]], a [[progressive]], [[socialist]], [[Democratic Socialist]], or (to the far Left) a [[communist]]. A Leftist supports collectivism, more government control of the economy, direct government control over social policy (although there were some leftists, such as [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], [[Michel Foucault]], and [[Noam Chomsky]] who adhered to a purely [[anarchism|anarchistic]] view of the world), including federal control over education at all levels, lower [[military]] spending, censorship of religion, a [[Living Constitution|living constitution]], [[Same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriages"]], a more unisex society, [[globalism]], [[transnationalism]], [[feminism]], the [[homosexual agenda]], [[anti-Semitism]], [[racism]], support for [[Islam]], genital mutilation of children,<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/02/25/rand-paul-is-right-transgender-interventions-dor-kids-can-include-genital-mutilation/</ref> taxpayer-funded [[abortion]], and sometimes even taxpayer-funded [[terrorism]]<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/your-taxes-are-funding-terrorists-demand-that-this-stops</ref> and [[censorship]] of [[Christianity]] and [[social media]] in the public arena. Some leftists even want a totalitarian one-party world government.{{citation needed}}

'''Leftist''' refers to someone on the Left side of the [[political spectrum]], such as a particularly [[liberal]] member of the [[American]] [[Democrat Party]], a member of the [[British]] [[Labour Party]], a [[progressive]], [[socialist]], [[Democratic Socialist]], or (to the far Left) a [[communist]]. A Leftist supports collectivism, more government control of the economy, direct government control over social policy (although there were some leftists, such as [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], [[Michel Foucault]], and [[Noam Chomsky]] who adhered to a purely [[anarchism|anarchistic]] view of the world), including federal control over education at all levels, lower [[military]] spending, censorship of religion, a [[Living Constitution|living constitution]], [[Same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriages"]], a more unisex society, [[globalism]], [[transnationalism]], [[feminism]], the [[homosexual agenda]], [[anti-Semitism]], [[racism]], support for [[Islam]], genital mutilation of children,<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/02/25/rand-paul-is-right-transgender-interventions-dor-kids-can-include-genital-mutilation/</ref> taxpayer-funded [[abortion]], and sometimes even taxpayer-funded [[terrorism]]<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/your-taxes-are-funding-terrorists-demand-that-this-stops</ref> and [[censorship]] of [[Christianity]] and [[social media]] in the public arena. Some leftists even want a totalitarian one-party world government.{{citation needed}}

== Origins of leftist ideology ==

==Origins of leftist ideology==

===French Revolution===

===French Revolution===

[[Image:Prise de la Bastille.jpg|thumb|200px|Capture of the [[Bastille Day|Bastille]] ]]

[[Image:Prise de la Bastille.jpg|thumb|200px|Capture of the [[Bastille Day|Bastille]] ]]