I think we have lost touch with exactly what the Left and Right really mean. The Left is characterized by an emphasis on "ideas such as freedom, equality, fraternity, rights, progress, reform and internationalism" while the Right is characterized by an emphasis on authority, hierarchy, order, duty, tradition, reaction and nationalism.
On USMB, the Left is characterized as anti-American, stupid, violent liars, immoral, and lacking in common decency. The Right is characterized as anti-American, stupid, violent, lairs, immoral, and lacking in common decency. I think the country would be much better off without either one.