indianablue
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Sun Jan-23-05 12:16 AM
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Whats the difference between Progressive and Liberal? |
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Or is Progressive just a new word fro Liberal since the right wing bad mouthed it so much ?
Liberal isn't a bad word I guess some are ashamed to say it.
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Sun Jan-23-05 12:19 AM
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1. labels, labels....we don't need no stinkin labels! |
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Sun Jan-23-05 12:20 AM
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2. hmm, well, I consider myself a progressive liberal.. |
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now try to figure that one out!
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ClassWarrior
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Sun Jan-23-05 12:24 AM
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3. Roosevelt and Stevenson were liberals. |
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But we live in Progressive times. And Progressive times need Progressive values.
NGU.
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Sun Jan-23-05 12:27 AM
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5. What's progressive about these times? |
Taxloss
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Sun Jan-23-05 12:31 AM
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6. These are regressive times. |
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The whole Enlightenment is under assault.
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Sun Jan-23-05 12:27 AM
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4. Self-righteous affect. n/t |
Jackie97
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Sun Jan-23-05 12:45 AM
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7. Progressive is an old word. |
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It comes from at least the early 1900s.
I think it's a better word than liberal for two reasons.
1) The US and the rest of the world disagree about what the word liberal means. In the rest of the world, a liberal is pretty much a fiscal conservative. I believe a fiscal conservative can be a social liberal, but that's besides the point. The point is that this is a confusing word. Whether we're in the US or elsewhere, people know what a progressive is.
2) People have turned liberal into a dirty word. I think we should use the word progressive to show people what a liberal really is. A liberal isn't somebody who wants to turn back the clock and take away all the freedom fought for when this country was founded. A liberal is somebody who wants the system to "progress". That's a progressive.
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