I come from a conservative religious background. I practise my religion. In some quarters this alone would define me as right wing. On the other hand I believe in evoloution, same sex marriage, a womans right to an abortion, I am vehemently anti guns, I cannot regard any country as civilized that does not provide free health care to all of the citizens and I support most social benefits programs. On the other hand, I am pro Israel, but not blindly so and am against some Israeli actions. But I do know that Israel needs to exist. I see some good in Capitalism but I think it needs to be cleansed of greed and stupidity. I am not against immigration, but I see a need for reasonable caution. I am not Islamophobic but I do recognize the threat of radicalized terroists.
   Like most people, I am a mix of both left and right. What bothers me is the broad sweeping statements about what constitutes left and right. Other than intolerant extremists on both sides, I think we are all a bit of both.