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Puzzledtraveller

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28. Progressive makes me think statist

Sun Oct 27, 2013, 09:32 AM

Oct 2013

at least being far too comfortable with the nanny state. Also it always came across to me as persons who are also all to cozy with corporatism. Just my opinion.

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Liberal or Progressive? [View all] MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 OP

progressive is the word fucking reaganista's tried to foist upon liberals in the 80's gopiscrap Oct 2013 #1

Anarchist...aka Left Libertarian. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2013 #2

I prefer liberal but I like progressive as well. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #3

Progressive. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 #4

I use both terms quinnox Oct 2013 #5

I do too. Not much difference that I can see. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #40

Aren't they in essence the same thing? Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #6

They have different historical baggage; I think the DLC picked "progressive" as a label Recursion Oct 2013 #18

To me, progressive is far left of Liberal, but I accept both. CTyankee Oct 2013 #52

Liberal and old enough to remember what it really means. n/t Cleita Oct 2013 #7

Me too. Something like th e definition below? Zorra Oct 2013 #15

Your definition is more elegant than mine. Cleita Oct 2013 #43

Lib EARL RobertEarl Oct 2013 #8

Neither. I'm a leftist. scarletwoman Oct 2013 #9

Good one. RobertEarl Oct 2013 #14

I agree Recursion Oct 2013 #20

I also consider myself a leftist BainsBane Oct 2013 #26

For me the defining characteristic of "leftists" is the ultimate removal of the state DireStrike Oct 2013 #33

I don't fit a particular ideology. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #10

Both LostOne4Ever Oct 2013 #11

Me, too. Blue_In_AK Oct 2013 #21

Socialist HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #12

I wanted to vote for pie. winter is coming Oct 2013 #13

lol Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #16

Socialist Dem. nt adirondacker Oct 2013 #17

How do you define these terms? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #19

Pretty much the same thing, but I think "Progressive" started being used MannyGoldstein Oct 2013 #38

Neither. Extreme far left. Th1onein Oct 2013 #22

Liberal. Laelth Oct 2013 #23

sincere question, what's the difference in the words ? I thought they were synonymous nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #24

No, the terms aren't now equal, mostly because of the far Left. bluestate10 Oct 2013 #27

Moderate-Progressive. nt bluestate10 Oct 2013 #25

Progressive makes me think statist Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #28

Neither. LWolf Oct 2013 #29

I like them both. I like "conservative" also in the sense of conserving the environment. mucifer Oct 2013 #30

Liberal. nt City Lights Oct 2013 #31

progressive. nt xchrom Oct 2013 #32

I'm a Jedi SummerSnow Oct 2013 #34

Socially liberal, fiscally progressive. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #35

I'm a "liberal capitalist". PragmaticLiberal Oct 2013 #36

Both! n/t hootinholler Oct 2013 #37

Here's the views of JFK, a liberal: AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #39

Study JFK's policy initiatives. JFK was pretty conservative, stonewalling civil rights bluestate10 Oct 2013 #55

You could not be more wrong. AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #56

Both, because Skidmore Oct 2013 #41

Hairsplitting. Do we really need more attempts to divide and fracture the Democratic Party? FSogol Oct 2013 #42

thank you... pipi_k Oct 2013 #47

Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson said it best - Morning Dew Oct 2013 #44

I'd like to think of myself as Hutzpa Oct 2013 #45

both terms have been bluewashed reddread Oct 2013 #46

Poll is not complete nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #48

Liberals were the more conservative/establishment of those on the left Chathamization Oct 2013 #49

Leftist. In the GOP there are three distinct groups... Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #50

60s Liberal still, but agree with many Progressive views as Pragmatic Liberalism. Best we can do libdem4life Oct 2013 #51

No idea anymore NoOneMan Oct 2013 #53

A left-winger. LeftishBrit Oct 2013 #54