Who ever allowed ourselves to be classified as the "Left" as in left behind, etc...and allowed them to perpetrate that they are the "Right"..as in correctness, etc? All I have to say is that was a bad move when we allowed this classification to stick.
5. 18th Century - Specifically 1789-1799, the years of the French Revolution.
"The terminology of left-right politics was originally based on the seating arrangement of parliamentary partisans during the French Revolution. The more ardent proponents of radical revolutionary measures (including republicanism, secularism and natural rights) were commonly referred to as leftists because they sat on the left side of successive legislative assemblies. These original references are still relevant, and one will find that left-wing political organisations together with liberal democratic organizations are more likely to support these measures compared to right-wing parties (especially christian democratic and conservative parties), which often tend to support a monarchy for a head of state, religious laws and state churches, and nationalism over universal rights." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics
3. If my memories from 10th gr world history are correct
it comes from the seating arrangement in parliament during the french revolution. The liberal usually sat in the left and the conservatives in the right.
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