MetaFilter posts tagged with right

A concept-map exploring the Left vs Right political spectrum.

blue_beetle — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:54:57 -0800

Murdered by skinheads for being gay. When will the igorance and hate stop?

hooptycritter — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:05:58 -0800

A family tries to cope after their son is killed for being gay Remarkable family. Interesting, layered documentary but bad translation.

I do not plan on voting for or against any US legislation not directly related to Texas Independence

dersins — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:03:49 -0800

Texan Larry Kilgore is running for a seat in the US Senate. Agree or disagree with the man, he certainly has the courage of his convictions.

Millions of Americans live trapped in soulless exurbs ...

HerArchitectLover — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:05:26 -0800

The Radical Christian Right Is Built on Suburban Despair by the ubiquitous Chris Hedges. Previously.

wide right turns

signal — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:33:34 -0800

You see, when large trucks make a right turn, they swing a little bit wide to the left first. Simple idea. Many ways to express it. God bless us all.

Coming at you, under the radar! Jack into the matrix and start a cyberevolution!

hoverboards don't work on water — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:04:13 -0800

A Practical Guide to Defeating The Radical Right, Cyberwar & Netwar, and non-facetious uses of the word matrix, courtesy of the Well's mythical gopherspace. (Firefox users check out what search used to look like; IE users try http).

Win is irreversible, says ruling party's candidate

amberglow — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:43:16 -0800

Mexico's election: now being recounted, but some are saying it was stolen with our help. Many countries in Latin and South America have been moving to the left lately, following in the footsteps of Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia and Chile. Argentina actually caught us messing with things during their election, too. Exit polls in Mexico (as in Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004) showed a lead for the more leftist (relatively) candidate, and for those who scoff at using exit polls as evidence--in 2004, US Republican Senator Richard Lugar, in Kiev, cited the divergence of exit polls and official polls as solid evidence of “blatant fraud” in the vote count in Ukraine. As a result, the Bush Administration refused to recognize the Ukraine government’s official vote tally. So, honest election, or what?

Freedom From Religion Pop Quiz

troutfishing — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:58:17 -0800

What Do You Know About The Separation of Church and State ? The Freedom From Religion Foundation has created this handy 21 question online multiple choice test. How good are your church/state separation Constitutional knowledge chops ? Could influential GOP member, Bush 2004 campaign consultant, and "America was founded as a Christian Nation" cheerleader David Barton pass ?

Mainstream judge speaks out

specialk420 — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:13:53 -0800

Mainstream former federal judge speaks out
Former CNN talking head and Texas federal judge Catherin Crier speaks out in defense of the courts, and mainstream america... if Ms. Crier is now the left - how far to the right have we drifted?

I want you to wreck it.

rbf1138 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:02:46 -0800

Benjamin Hackett is more than just your average right-wing blogger. Sure, he's interned for Sean Hannity and his latest opinion piece was a drawn-out character assasination of Cindy Sheehan, but he also writes some titillating/hilarious erotic fiction (text NSFW). May he carry on the great tradition.

Excuses, Excuses: How the Right Rationalizes Racial Inequality in America

y2karl — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 07:10:22 -0800

How the Right Rationalizes Racial Inequality in America (Part One - The Labor Market) & (Part Two - Criminal Justice) by Tim Wise

Right hand left hand cars

IndigoJones — Wed, 18 May 2005 17:27:38 -0800

Okay, so why do they drive funny overseas? Blame it on swords , of course, but also on Pope Boniface (can this really be true?), and, of course, on the French. At least we all can agree on boats.

You better start speaking up, because these people are going to trample into your personal, private affairs

johnnydark — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 09:24:13 -0800

"These people in Congress are walking all over my personal and private life... I'm telling you, the United States citizens, you better start speaking up, because these people are going to trample into your personal, private affairs."

Total Pussy Weekly Issue.01

phirleh — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 06:58:58 -0800

Most Americans don't know their left wingers from their right wingers. And no, its not about hockey or chicken parts.

Fred Flintstone: Rockefeller Republican, Nixon Supporter

amberglow — Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:00:11 -0800

Political Leanings of Selected Cartoon Characters Did you know that Mickey Mouse is an extreme right-wing Republican (some say even a John Bircher)? (brought to you from way way back in 1996, as a result of this thread)

If you see something, say something

the fire you left me — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 11:59:20 -0800

The malefactors of great wealth and the religious right. Economist Paul Krugman on insufficient necessity.

'reconnaisance' from the culture war

4easypayments — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 15:51:41 -0800

How the Left views the Right, as viewed by the Southern Baptist Press. “I don't get it,” said the movie critic, “the people aren't listening to us... don't all those unwashed cretins out there in flyover country understand that we're the ones who tell them what they can watch?”

Is The BBC The United Nations Of Broadcasting?

MiguelCardoso — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:52:54 -0800

Trusting The Redcoats: How many independent-minded Americans actually rely on the BBC (specially the World Service) for accurate coverage of American politics? Not to mention The Guardian. Is it a strictly an elitist, liberal/left-wing phenomenon? What does it mean? What does it say about better-informed liberal newspapers and media of the U.S.? If so, why aren't like-minded Europeans just as cosmopolitan and, say, pay the same attention to news sources like The New York Times, NPR and others, rather than stolidly sticking to their own national staples?

Conservatism: resistance to change, simplistic black and white ethics, and the acceptance of inequality

skallas — Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:07:06 -0800

Conservatism: resistance to change, simplistic black and white ethics, and the acceptance of inequality. In what's sure to be considered a controversial paper by many, Berkeley psychologists analyze conservatives to see what makes them tick. The criticisms have already begun. [official press release here]

He's probably right, I can't tell the difference either

magullo — Wed, 11 Jun 2003 07:58:47 -0800

Michael Savage claims that his listeners can't tell the difference between michaelsavage.com (the link didn't work? oops!) and savagestupidity.com, apparently not aware that in these days of cybersquatting, it pays to NOT pick you AKA from the dictionary.

And while on the subject, let it be known that he who now calls homosexual "perverts" was once on "dear" terms with Allen Ginsberg

Condoms bad! No sex, good!

dejah420 — Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:14:55 -0800

White House Wages Stealth War on Condoms The government is waging a covert war on condoms. Fact sheets on the effectiveness of condoms in preventing the transmission of the AIDS virus have disappeared from government sites. Right wing activists have been appointed to the the presidential AIDS panel. Government audits of AIDS activist groups who protest these policies have begun. So, apparently only evil-doers have sex outside of marriage, and they deserve to die horrible deaths.

MikeB — Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:19:56 -0800

The Gay Right. Richard Goldstein argues (accurately, I think) that the Right has come to dominate gay and lesbian politics. Even when I don't agree with them, I've always enjoyed reading Andrew Sullivan and Norah Vincent -- but where are their progressive counterparts?

tsja — Mon, 06 May 2002 09:34:50 -0800

A political assassination on the controversial right winger Pim Fortuijn is reported in The Netherlands. Reports differ about the question if he has survived.

bobo123 — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:07:17 -0800

Canadians fuzzy on concept of left and right. A new poll suggests that three quarters of Canadians have trouble telling political left from right. Sort of makes me wonder why voter turnout is higher in Canada than the U.S.. Canadians are also hard to pin down politically, as polls suggests they generally want less taxes and more government spending.

Postroad — Wed, 09 Jan 2002 15:16:10 -0800

Who killed John O'Neill? If the lads on the Right have their Vince Foster "mystery" death, the folks on the Left now have their John O'Neill "story."