Subj : Re: Dr Oz!
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sun Jun 12 2022 18:11:24

On 12 Jun 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...
 AT>  JT>  AT> That makes no sense. If Republicans are the "conservatives of to
 AT>  JT>  AT> then why are they so eager to shut down the human smuggling indu
 AT>  JT>  AT> once again?
 AT>  JT> Granting asylum to refugees is not "the human smuggling industry." Th
 AT>  JT> your lie and you're the only one pushing it.
 AT> I didn't say anything about granting asylum to refugees.

No, but it's clear from your past comments what you meant.

 AT>  JT> Aside from that, are you denying that Republicans are conservative? A
 AT>  JT> you trying to imply that the "leftists" are the conservative ones?
 AT> Conservative and liberal are adjectives that express opinions. So it
 AT> wouldn't be outrageous for someone to say "Trump's a liberal because he
 AT> handed out all those covid relief checks." Or that "Kathy Hochul's a
 AT> conservative because she's trying to increase the survival rate for
 AT> blacks during the pandemic."

The Republican and Democrat parties are today largely split along
conservative and liberal lines, respectively.

 AT> But I'm not saying any of that.
You made the statement that the "leftists" are as conservative as the
Democrats of the 19th century.

Do you even know what "leftist" means?

The root of that term dates back to the French Revolution in 1789, when
members of the National Assembly were seated according to their support for
the monarchy; supporters of the king -- those in favor of maintaining the
status quo -- were seated to the right of the president, and those in favor of
revolution -- those who demanded change -- were seated to the president's
left. Thus, "right" came to mean conservative and "left" came to mean
liberal.

Jeff.

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