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Re:WikiTribune – Evidence-based journalism by r00fus on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @01:11AM (#14190938)
They also called Mélanchon "far-left"...
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Re:WikiTribune – Evidence-based journalism by jvzr on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @05:14AM (#14191903)
Well, Mélenchon is far-left. Left is Parti Socialiste. Right is Les Républicains. Far-right is Front National.

These are the French definitions of Left and Right, and probably have nothing to do with other countries'. Based on these definitions, the Democrats are Right and Republicans are Far-right.

Whether they are good definitions, I can't say. But Mélenchon is definitely not plain Left, or Center.

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Re:WikiTribune – Evidence-based journalism by r00fus on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:06PM (#14194835)
Sounds a bit rhetorical. How information is "far-right" and "far-left"? Not much other than to expose a fallacious single-dimension scale.

How about terms like "left-socialist" or "right-nationalist"?

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