I'm just wondering...................
I have seen this less than affectionate description of left-leaning individuals here at JU, and admittedly, I did not know what a luddite is. So, off I went to OneLook Link my online dictionary of choice to look up the word. Following is the definition I found:
Lud·dite (plural Lud·dites)
noun
1. opponent of new technology: somebody who opposes technological or industrial innovation
2. history 19thC protester against technology: a worker involved in protests in Britain in the 1810s against new factory methods of production and in favor of traditional methods of work
[Early 19th century. Origin uncertain: according to tradition, named for Ned Ludd , an 18th-century farm worker in Leicestershire, England, who destroyed two stocking frames in a fit of rage.]
Lud·dite adjective
Lud·dism noun
OK, so that's the definition. Hmmmmm........ learn something new every day. But, for the life of me, what has this got to do with being a left-leaning person? I am certainly left. But, I am not by any stretch opposed to new technology or innovations. And, I sure was not around in the 19th century to be part of the Luddite Movement. So, this is an analogy, or description, or simile, or whatever, that I just don't understand. In fact, the only reason that I believe the likes of some extremist righties are using it is because it begins with "L" and sounds "clever".
Any of you lefties out there wanna help me out? I've got a few righties blacklisted, and I sure am not opening up my blog to them to answer this. I really do not want this post to become a slugfest, and as word of warning, if anyone gets particularly hateful, I will delete the post, unless of course it becomes fodder for ridicule.