From Reddit: "I suggest we start referring to Republicans as 'Regressives'"

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http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/g25q7/i_suggest_we_start_referring_to_republicans_as/

by Aymicabeza

Several people, myself included, have been mulling this over. Currently, the right stands for the complete repeal of every single point of objectively positive legislation that has been passed over he last century, clamoring for a return to an age of robber barons and unmitigated corporate greed. I can think of no system of political values that deserve the term "regressive" more than they do at this point. A retreat from progress is, by definition, "regression". The title of "conservative" no longer applies. It's time they were given a name that truly befits them.

The morally bankrupt scum operating behind the curtains of the right have long since understood that precise use of language can be an incredibly powerful tool. Currently, they're trying to turn "progressive" into a greasy slur, exactly the same way they somehow managed to turn "liberal" into a second name for the devil. I suggest we hit them back by describing them honestly.

Count me in!

[Thunderstruck]

1. I'm down with that.

[KittyWampus]

2. I will start today. Consider it done. Although Reptilian also works for me too.

[StarryNite]

3. Works for me!

From now on the people from the 'Republic' party will be referred to as 'Regressives'

[fascisthunter]

4. I Prefer to Call em what they are, Fascists

[WillyT]

7. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!

But I'll give "Regressives" a try.

:shrug:

:hi:

[nxylas]

13. The "other f-word" has lost its power, though

It has become so overused as to be virtually meaningless. It may be factually correct, but it just sounds like a mindless insult.

[fascisthunter]

14. that's because people shrug from the truth

rather than standing by it, the same way many democrats shrug away from being labeled liberals, too afraid to counter the bs. Well, when we do that, we deserve the lies.

[nxylas]

21. I think it's partly "boy who cried wolf" syndrome as well

When every stroppy teenager uses the word every time they're told to tidy their room, its real meaning becomes obscured.

[toddwv]

16. No reason that you can't call them regressive fascists.

Just saying.

[fascisthunter]

18. that would be redundant

[left on green only]

29. A rose by any other name......

I prefer to call them "right wing, red neck, neo-fascist Nazis". See how it just kinda rolls off your tongue? And sometimes, when I am able to first take a deep breath, I love to preface my loving sonnet with "crude, rude, obnoxious,"..... Believe me, living here along the southern rim of Yosemite has given me a lot of practice in saying it.

[dhill926]

5. easier to say than......

piece of shit willfully ignorant assholes.....

[old guy]

6. Regressives.

That does have a certain ring to it. I like it.

[City Lights]

8. I'm in!

Regressive it is!

[aquart]

9. Excellent. Because they conserve nothing, destroy everything.

[solara]

10. Yep. The Regressive Republican party - beautiful

The right wing regressives..



:hi:

[loudsue]

11. Very appropriate! I like it!

If only the dems on teevee would start calling them that.

[Kurovski]

12. Reddit follows me. This is from Thursday...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=604385&mesg_id=608308 (although misspelled.)

I think "Regressive" is great. I've used it before, It is strong, truthful, and is not offensive, thus people nicer than I will also use it. :-)

They want to take the country back in time to so may things, Regressive is just a natural description.

[pscot]

25. The Urban Dictionary got there ahead of you

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=regressive

Click through to the lnk and give it a thumbs up.

[Kurovski]

26. Done!

Thanks. :thumbsup:

[toddwv]

15. Little late. I've been using the term "regressives" for quite some time now.

Probably well over a year.

[Kurovski]

20. Time for widespread usage.

It's a natural.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Radicals works too

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. Well, we now can certainly most justifiedly call them Fascists under the true definition

of corporate-owned government.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Progressives vs. Regressives. Nice framing.

Actually, no need to limit the term to Republicans.
It would fit some non-republicans also.

[Angry Dragon]

23. radical right regressives

[pscot]

24. delete

[Jack Rabbit]

27. Regressive definately fits

I'd like to give my boilerplate caution on the use of fascist, although today's radical right and the radical right that emerged between the two world wars have many similarities. It is racist and imperialist; it glorifies war as a tool of foreign policy (in classical fascism, war was really an end in itself); and seeks the subjugation of organized labor (at least Mussolini offered workers a shorter work week, better pay and job security in return for giving up the right to strike, Governor Walker is just giving state employees the finger). Nevertheless, where in classical fascism the government told industry what to do by setting production goals and priorities, what we see happening today is industry attempting to seize control of government in order to preempt the will of the people where it conflicts with industry's own interests.

The Rise of Yuppie Fascism by Jack Rabbit:
Part One, (Democratic Underground, 5 February 2002)
Part Two, (Democratic Underground, 12 February 2002)

[mistertrickster]

28. This is a great idea. From now on, Republican is dead. The Grand Old Party

is now the REGRESSIVES.

I like it.

[left on green only]

30. Ah, but don't you think that GOP is a moniker that

they should have to take with them to their graves? I mean, whenever I hear one of the died in the wool say those letters, my response is always, "GOP? Isn't that the sound that shit makes when it's flung against a wall?".

[mistertrickster]

31. LOL! That's a keeper! nt

[Maru Kitteh]

32. It's absolutely appropriate. I like it. n/t

[Enthusiast]

33. While I like the idea,

fascist would be more accurate.