Youth Wingers?
Posted by Shannon Love on February 1st, 2009 (All posts by Shannon Love)
From a Telegraph story [h/t Instapundit]:
The biggest display of public disaffection with Mr Putin prompted a violent response in Moscow. Pro Kremlin youth wingers brutally beat some protestors, while others were detained, including Eduard Limonov, a prominent Kremlin critic and leader of the outlawed National Bolshevik Party.[emp added]
What the hell are “youth wingers”? How does that even make sense? You have right and left wingers because they represents opposite sides of a spectrum. Does “youth wingers” imply a division between young and old?
More likely they just couldn’t figure out whether to call the bullies “left” or “right”.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Probably members of the youth wing of a political party.
February 2nd, 2009 at 7:42 am
Oh, Russia is a strange country, full of mysteries. Their right is our left, and vise versa. Who knows how many wings this beast has?
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:27 am
Possibly the journo couldn’t work out who they were. Probably the gang called “Nashi” – Ours. They are the youth wing of whatever party is supporting Putin at any given time. What’s your problem?