So now your arguing with Merriam-Webster. That is where I literally did a copy and paste from.
"do you feel the same way about people on the right?"
I'm not worried about the right. The right does not try to inject caca into our educational system. The left has been screwing up our educational system for over a century. Ever since Marxism infested this country.
Let me stop you before you think you can come back with a contradiction. When certain elements existed in our public education and the left removes it, the right is not trying to add something new to our education, they want the quality of education to remain high and Dems do not share that goal. I know you are going to disagree but it is the fact. The Dems have been lowering our standards since before either of us were born.
I will admit that there have been some Republicans, like George Bush's "No child left behind", who have shared the same goal as the left of dismantling our education.
The reason is under-educated people are easier to control.