Right
As opposed to LEFT, right is typically recognized
as symboizing the solar, masculine, progressive principle. It is the honorable
side, the good side, the truthful and trustworthy; it is also associatied
with daily activities, while the left tends more to the magical and supernatural.
"In politics, the right corresponds to order, stability, authority, heirarchy,
tradition, relative self-satisfaction, while the left represents dissatisfaction,
protest, movement, a concern for justice and progress, freedom, innovation,
and risk" (Julien, 350).
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