i feel like the left keeps trying to police my thoughts, and the right keeps trying to police my actions
— Aella (@Aella_Girl) November 3, 2020
That’s not a bad first gloss, though they bleed into one another far too easily in reality.
The left is obsessed with words and believe they hold all power, so this is why they gravitate to thought thuggery. The right, being less academically-inclined and more practical, attempts to seize and hold real power.