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==A cultural difference==
==A cultural difference==
In the United States, the term ''Right'' particularly became disabused because of its European origin. Originally it was associated with a titled nobility. No such thing ever existed in the United States, and in fact was prohibited by the United States Constititution. Hence, Europeans today have an extrememly discolored view of the "American right". [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:26, 9 April 2007 (EDT)
In the United States, the term ''Right'' particularly became disabused because of its European origin. Originally it was associated with a titled nobility. No such thing ever existed in the United States, and in fact was prohibited by the United States Constititution. Hence, Europeans today have an extrememly discolored view of the "American right". [[User:RobS|RobS]] 16:26, 9 April 2007 (EDT)
:How does one "disabuse" an abstract term, which is incapable of thinking and therefore incapable of having misconceptions of which it needs to be "disabused?"
:The origins of the meaning of the word "right" and whether or not it was associated with "titled nobility" have absolutely nothing to do with this discussion. And those differences between the manner in which Europe defines "right wing" and the manner in which the United States define "right wing" are not so great that anyone either on this side of the Atlantic or the other, now or in the 1930s, had any disagreement about the Nazis being "right wing."
--[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 11:33, 10 April 2007 (EDT)
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