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<p>Fallacy: </p> <hr /> <div>{{merge|political spectrum}}<br /> Conservapedia is a biased and fallacious website. It is both nationalistic it shows too much loyalty to the Abrahamic cults<br /> <br /> Terms like '''right wing''' and '''rightist''' before World War II indicated to the Fascist side of the political spectrum. Then the &quot;left&quot; meant Communists and most other socialists, while the &quot;right&quot; meant Nazis and Fascists. The meaning of the term has gradually shifted over the intervening {{#expr: {{years ago|1935}} round -1}} years.<br /> <br /> While &quot;right wing&quot; continues to suggest opposition to [[Communism]], it no longer means support for the totalitarianism of Hitler, who has become a universally condemned figure. <br /> <br /> [[Banana republics]] and other [[authoritarian]] regimes supported by the United States are called &quot;right wing&quot; nowadays. This usage is ambiguous. It suggests that these regimes are [[totalitarian]] in the Nazi sense, which is generally incorrect. <br /> <br /> Usage of terms like &quot;right wing&quot; and &quot;far right&quot; by liberals about conservatives is usually intended to conjure up images of Nazi genocide. Indeed, some critics openly liken Israel and its leaders to &quot;Nazis&quot;, even though Israel is the most democratic country in the entire Middle East.&lt;ref&gt;Arabs have full citizenship rights in Israel, even serving as judges and legislators.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In modern politics, the term '''right wing''' is used by [[liberals]] in their attempt to make [[conservatives]] look extreme and unreasonable.<br /> <br /> Example usage is, &quot;He's a right-winger!&quot; rather than simply, &quot;He's [[conservative]].&quot;<br /> <br /> The term is used less frequently by [[liberals]] now because it has lost much of its pejorative effect.<br /> <br /> The term '''Rightist''' refers to someone on the 'right' side of the [[political spectrum]]. Politics on the 'right' usually imply taking positions in favor of the traditional system of a society, including its traditional values and its traditional ruling institutions. Compare: [[leftist]].<br /> <br /> It is widely accepted, however, that there is not just one dimension of political thought, so that people can unambiguously be classified as 'right' or 'left'. Nonetheless, the [[political spectrum theory]] still has wide currency.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|small}}<br /> <br /> [[category:politics]]</div>

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