[serf]

rather than arguing which side things fall on i'd rather like to mention that painting every aspect of life as either 'left' or 'right' is at best a vast over-simplification of life and surrounding politics, and at worst a willful method by which to gain mind-share or allies to a cause.

it's rarely useful for any level of civil discourse; it's general usage these past few years is to inflame a side or draw a border between Them and Us.