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Left-Right wing politics has nothing to do with the religious preference of the right hand.
It had to do with where they tended to sit in the French national assembly. The liberals on the left, the conservatives on the right.
But the right/left religious symbolism hasnt ended. In muslim culture the left hand is the hand of the devil, and the dirty hand. If a muslim offers to shake your hand, or pat your back with his left hand it's a massive insult. Its the hand they whipe their ass with..
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