Originally Posted by
Andy_Faber
....yet I genuinely believe that the rise of 'the right' has been enabled/emboldened by the outcomes of the possibly well-meaning but certainly ill-thought-through left-driven activities of 'the politically correct'.
Edit: The other significant thing regarding 'right' or 'left' leaning, is that it isn't a binary thing ie a million extreme right wingers have suddenly appeared from nowhere, its an issue of degrees, where ten million more or less reasonable folk have moved between slightly to significantly to the right. I must say I have, and its both against my upbringing and my broadly 'christian'/charitable values, and only after extensively soaking up personal/trusted third party experiences and objective reporting.