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I just learned that in Spanish-speaking countries in South America, their version of “righty tighty, lefty loosy” is “la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera”, which literally translates to “the right oppresses and the left liberates”.

That, my friends, is the most dead-on mnemonic that has ever been thought up.

May 19, 2023 at 2:18pmWeb
Show threadEllieMay 20, 2023
@OGjester I'm copying this.
Show threadBronwyn HarrisMay 20, 2023
@OGjester amazing
Show threadObsoleteMay 20, 2023
@OGjester they would certainly know!
Show threadOdiseoMay 20, 2023
@OGjester I'm mexican and I've never heard that phrase. But it certainly is catchy.
Show threadOGJester has movedMay 20, 2023
@Odiseo79 indeed… I’m going to use it for the rest of my life!
Show threadOdiseoMay 20, 2023
@OGjester One of my personal favorites is "Abajo y a la izquierda está el corazón", which roughly translates to "down and to the left is where the heart is".
Show threadOGJester has movedMay 20, 2023
@Odiseo79 I like it… that’s deep
Show threadShield MaidenMay 20, 2023
@OGjester (It doesn't work for strimmer and lawnmower blades....where it's the opposite...)
Show threadOGJester has movedMay 20, 2023
@Judeet88 reverse thread… we could call it “wrong thread” because everyone knows the idea that the right liberates is wrong 👍🏻
Show threadfox.exeMay 21, 2023

@OGjester sorry to say that there isn't actually a widely used equivalent to this in latam. "righty tighty, lefty loosy" is a very english phrase. "la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera" IS a thing, but it's not a household saying the same way it is in english. it's a recent thing, almost entirely used as a meme amongst latam leftist.

...that being said. i've definitely used it with friends before 🤣 i've always wanted it to become more popular! lol

Show threadOGJester has movedMay 21, 2023
@viralvulpes I must have heard this from a genuine leftist, then… I like it so much, I taught it to my kids, and I’ll use it until the end of my days.
Show threadGranny Bear JosieMay 21, 2023

@OGjester

awesome.

Show threadGermán BuelaMay 21, 2023
@OGjester related: Japanese kanji for left and right are 左 and 右. The radicals at the bottom (工 and 口) by themselves mean “craft/work” and “mouth”, respectively. A teacher came up with a mnemonic saying the left are the workers, and the right are the bosses yelling at workers.
Show threadOGJester has movedMay 21, 2023
@gbuela the right being depicted by “mouth” has a lot of deep meaning. It’s funny how these same themes exist in so many languages and cultures, as if it’s a universal truth.
Show threadDarrell BowlesMay 21, 2023
@OGjester I don't feel that the left liberates. I feel that the left has good intensions, and does do some good, but if you go too far left, that's just as oppressive as the other side. Balance, balance, balance.
Show threadOGJester has movedMay 21, 2023

@destroyer1212 I very much agree. It’s tough to make a case for Stalin being a great liberator, though he did the job when I came to putting fascists in the dirt.

In the context of U.S. politics, there is no functional “left”; the spectrum runs from moderate centrist to extreme right.

Show threadDarrell BowlesMay 21, 2023
@OGjester @destroyer1212 STallen killed a lot of people so didHitler. The thing is, Hitler, at least in the beginning had very reasonable policies. He wanted to remove the chains of the 1920s treaty, wich even the rest of the west, with the exception of France came to feel was uncalled for. Problem is, hitler would have never came to power, if the treaty would have been revised before he took power. Read CHurchille Hitler and the unnecessary war. It's a fasteninating historical overvierw of the whole thing.
Show threadSimon ZerafaMay 25, 2023

@OGjester

See my bio 😉🤷‍♂️

Show threadOGJester has movedMay 25, 2023
@simonzerafa Some truths transcend language, culture, and geography!
Show threadSimon ZerafaMay 25, 2023

@OGjester

Indeed they do 🙂🖖

Show threadDr. Guillermo Power Jun 3, 2023
@OGjester I’m latino and I’ve never heard that phrase, I’m not denying it exists but I’m inclined to think it isn’t widely used.
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@gpowerf yeah, that’s the gist I get as well. I heard it on a podcast where they were talking about Uruguay and the crazy things that have happened there politically in the last 40 years. Probably not a thing outside of bonafide leftist circles. I still like it enough that I taught it to my kids!