From what did the terms 'left-wing' and 'right-wing' originate?

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Nowadays the terms 'right wing' and 'left wing' have become blurred, but they still have some meaning. In the United States, right-wing ideas and movements are associated with traditional values, conservative ideologies, support for a strong military, resistance to legal equality or protection for disfavored minorities, censorship of expressions of sexuality and nudity, nationalism, disfavor of too much immigration, and much reverence and support for symbols of the state, such as the flag. Left-wing ideas and movements had once been associated with a tolerance for diverse religions and races, opposition to censorship, basing morality on reason rather than tradition, favoring equality before the law, 'liberal' ideologies centered on human beings whatever their nationality, a disdain for military assertiveness, and opposition to privilege. Originally, back in the 1700s, the terms 'right' and 'left' as applied to politics had a clear meaning. The 'right' wing was based on tradition and upheld both traditional moral values and traditional institutions and power relationships. Historically, during the 1800s the liberals in European parliaments sat on the left side of the president's chair, a habit that began in 1789 in the French Estates General, where the nobility sat on the King's right side. Thus the name 'left wing.' http://www.progress.org/archive/fold64.htm Sep 05 02, 2:34 PM

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