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Line 8: − Rschlafly-- I've been trying really hard to clarify the left/right distinction here. It really seems to me that if we claim "favoring individual liberties" is a rightist (or leftist!) position, we are just confusing things. Favoring liberties is NOT a position that lies anywhere on the left/right scale. Here are the points I would propose to help keep things clear.+
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==What defines the political spectrum?==
==What defines the political spectrum?==
Rschlafly-- I've been trying really hard to clarify the left/right distinction here. It really seems to me that if we claim "favoring individual liberties" is a rightist (or leftist!) position, we are just confusing things. Favoring liberties is NOT a position that lies anywhere on the left/right scale. Here are the points I would propose to help keep things clear.
: (1) We should emphasize again and again that '''not all issues lie on a one-dimensional political spectrum'''. (And in particular "favoring liberties" is one of those things that just isn't part of the political spectrum.)
: (1) We should emphasize again and again that '''not all issues lie on a one-dimensional political spectrum'''. (And in particular "favoring liberties" is one of those things that just isn't part of the political spectrum.)