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Originally Posted by Laridae
It's not that complicated, Presti. I was referring to the OP, where a specific Socialist government made a specific business-regulating decision. If I'm not mistaken I believe there is universal agreement that that usually means left.
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You might feel that you were only commenting on the OP -- assuming we're even talking about the same post -- but the post to which I responded (and which seemed to provoke more discussion than any of your others on this thread) seemed clearly aimed at those who contributed later on:
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This thread seems to have devolved into a political debate between left-leaning French and other Europeans and right-leaning Americans. It would be so much easier to follow if people would specify their country in their info so we could quickly see where they were "coming from", instead of having to infer it from their comments.
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It was that comment to which I responded, and it is that particular comment which used
left and
right in purely nationalist terms. The idea that every French and European MR member who posted was on the left and every American member was on the right seemed reductive and still does to me.