What colors do you associate with which political wing?

[InkL0sed]

Apparently, red traditionally represented left wingers internationally, and blue right wingers. But here in the US, it has been the opposite since at least 2000. I thought it was always like that (then again, I'm only 17 -- I was a little kid in 2000) -- but apparently not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states

[btownmeggy]

Left red, right black.

[InkL0sed]

Has meggy become a troll? This is new.

[btownmeggy]

Has meggy become a troll? This is new.

Troll for what?

[GabonX]

I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

[muy_thaiguy]

I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

[Balsiefen]

It's still like that in Britain.

Labour-red
Liberal-Yellow
Conservative-Blue

[GabonX]

I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

White is also all colors put together! It really is a needlessly complicated argument of semantics.

http://www.colormatters.com/vis_bk_white.html

[muy_thaiguy]

I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

White is also all colors put together! It really is a needlessly complicated argument of semantics.

http://www.colormatters.com/vis_bk_white.html

Aren't most topics needlessly complicated arguments of semantics to begin with?

[MeDeFe]

Here it's like what meggy said, social-democrat left is red and the neocommies are sort of dark red, conservative is black and liberal is yellow, and then we have a green party as well that has gotten itself into a coalition with the conservatives in Hamburg, I think that's a first so it could be interesting.

[suggs]

The left is normally associated with red cos of the Red Flag and Communist Russia.
I have no idea whether it was red in the 19th century, r where the Communists got it from.
Black for the blackshirts/fascists makes sense.
Most of these things are quite new, since slogans and badges and such only came in the 20 th. So i guess blue for the right wing is pretty arbitrary.

White for togas and YAY ROMAN IMPERIALISM, BABY!

[btownmeggy]

then we have a green party as well that has gotten itself into a coalition with the conservatives in Hamburg, I think that's a first so it could be interesting.

What is their platform???

[Snorri1234]

then we have a green party as well that has gotten itself into a coalition with the conservatives in Hamburg, I think that's a first so it could be interesting.

What is their platform???

Plants= Good.

People= Bad.

[btownmeggy]

Plants= Good.

People= Bad.

[Neoteny]

I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

White is also all colors put together! It really is a needlessly complicated argument of semantics.

http://www.colormatters.com/vis_bk_white.html

Colors are merely electrical interpretations of electromagnetic wavelengths. In short, it's all in your head, anyhow.

then we have a green party as well that has gotten itself into a coalition with the conservatives in Hamburg, I think that's a first so it could be interesting.

What is their platform???

Plants= Good.

People= Bad.

I'm going to one-up them and go ahead and say plants are bad too.

[gimil]

I like black, though I heard somewhere that it's not a color.

No, supposedly white is not a color.

[off topic]

White is a color, it represents a mixture of all colors in the sectrum, black however repsresents no light, without light you can not have color. Therefor true black is not visable and therefor no a real color.

[/off topic]

Sorry just thought I would make the point.

[muy_thaiguy]

White for togas and YAY ROMAN IMPERIALISM, BABY!

Guess what? I'm re-founding the Empire. All those that support me in the beginning will receive great rewards!

[t-o-m]

red begins with 'r' and so does right, thats why i voted right=red or something
just thought i shud let yaz no

[greenoaks]

the right wing or conservative parties are for the rich, the blue bloods.

the left wing or labour parties are for the working class, as pointed out earlier they are socialist red.

[spurgistan]

the right wing or conservative parties are for the rich, the blue bloods.

the left wing or labour parties are for the working class, as pointed out earlier they are socialist red.

OK, but given the lack of any socialist tendencies in Democrats (which granted, you don't technically have in Aussie, do yer?) I'd go with something like

Dems: Gold- for the wealth of the lobbyists that control them.
Republicans: Gold - for the wealth of the lobbyists that control them.
Green: Green - for all the dank beaster they smoke.
Constitution/far right wing: White - because they all agree it's the best color.

[Napoleon Ier]

I reckon FOX ought to paint the Democrat states pink.

[muy_thaiguy]

I reckon FOX ought to paint the Democrat states pink.

I think it has been discussed about doing so.

[Neoteny]

I reckon FOX ought to paint the Democrat states pink.

With lacy fringes.

[spurgistan]

I think it has been discussed about doing so.

I think that may be the most oddly phrased sentence I've heard in quite some time.

[Napoleon Ier]

I reckon FOX ought to paint the Democrat states pink.

With lacy fringes.

And if it voted Democrat with more than 60% margin, then have it colored like the LGBT logo. Democrat bastards...