Far right v far left

[Icanthinkformyselfthanks]

The description ‘ far right’ is banded about quite a bit these days; less so ‘far left’. So I was wondering what do those phrases mean to you?
What in your opinion makes someone far right or far left?

This comes up a lot. I'm surprised because with the invention of the internet and having endless information at your fingertips, you should be able to find out for yourself.

People don't want to be associated with the Holocaust and Nazis so they say that far right is now meaningless. If you want to know what the far right looks like glance around.

As for the far left, what far left? The Communist Party is very small and there's no far left propaganda doing the rounds on social media. It's controlled by powerful men with a far right agenda.

The perfect storm is happening at the moment.

@Icanthinkformyselfthanks are you in the UK?

@Maitri108 , wow so anyone who has a different viewpoint to the left is pretty much ‘far right’ and the far left doesn’t really exist? As I suspected.

Does far right mean 'like the Nazis' or well to the right of the centre right ground traditionally occupied by the Tories in the UK?

I think it’s a fair point to be honest. It’s just fact that there isn’t as much as a far left following these days in comparison to the far right, which is gaining popularity at a much higher rate. You only need to take a look at social media and the rising popularity of certain parties to see that 🤷‍♀️

We have a lack of far left in the UK. The communists, anarchists and IRA have all but disappeared. We still have the Morning Star and blow hard far lefters chewing the fat in pubs though.

I forgot about George Galloway's party. Is he still an MP?

I see Gaza protestors and SWP actively recruiting every Saturday in my local city. Online, a local well known lefty town has highjacked the local groups. They are all Corbyn++. I think that all counts as a healthy and thriving far left presence at least in the south of the UK?

You have no idea whatsoever what far left means. I'm embarrassed for you.

This isn’t far left..

Far left is obviously communism. Not a huge amount of support for that these days.

Far right? Just watch the news.

@Pastelhp , still no one is defining what is actually meant by far right and far left. Can you help?

Not far left. Even Corbyn isn't far left. Communism is far left, not people who support Palestine.

Why don't you Google?

Like the Nazis in my view.

No he is not. Thank goodness.

Far left - trans activists
Far right -Nazis

Thats what comes to mind when I think of those terms.

Yes you are absolutely correct. If you have legitimate concerns about immigration and especially illegal immigrants, you are instantly far right and racist apparently. It is absolutely ridiculous what’s gone on in this country.

My brother is far left. He supports violence against 'terfs', everyone he disagrees with is a nazi, he's a violent antifa activist. He's pro Hamas and a rabid TRA.

Far left and far right are two cheeks of the same arse.

The far right has become synonymous with certain dictatorships but actually a lot of their core beliefs are evident around us at the moment. Look at our great big orange friend in America.

The far left I suppose would be communism but what does that even mean? There has never been a communist government, not in the true sense of communism where there would be a withering away of government. Only dictatorships and a lot of shared traits with the far right.

I think the most worrying is how polarised politics now is. You are either pigeon holed as left or right.

Generationally that's a thing.

I think we've moved on and can reasonably apply the term to parties like Reform which are, on most issues, to the right of the Tories.

In the same way as far left doesn't mean thinking Stalin was right about the Gulags.

Yes.

It took me 0.5 seconds to google a simple coherent definition that I believe most people would agree with when they hear the term “far left”, so I’m struggling to believe you really don’t understand this. However, when most people refer the far left they are referring to ideologies of communism/ authoritarianism.

@Bromptotoo , well that’s my question really. What do far right and far left actually mean?