badgenome on 01 January 2013
| Mr Khan said: I'd define radical as pushing for significant change, no matter which direction. Radical Islamists could certainly be deemed radicals, but are certainly no friends of the Left. |
Sure. But my point is it doesn't make sense to say that the "conservative" position on, say, guns is to have unrestricted ownership of firearms (which we don't have) so the "liberal" position is restrictionist - just because liberalism has become conflated with leftism. The words do have meanings.
And I'd second what Kynes said. Islamists may not be friends of the left, but a good chunk of the left are useful idiot friends of the Islamists.
