Not long ago, I wrote about the so-called progressives ie liberals, at that time I had a long time debate with a friend of mine, who I will call Paul.
Paul has always been a good friend and I count him as close, But of late, I wonder if he has abandon his principals in order to accommodate his new found belief system.
Now Paul hasn’t really change, he still believes in all the same old so-called liberal Ideas from Abortion on Demand to High taxes. But what has change is definitions. Remember, Progressives/Liberals remake themselves so very often that sometimes the definitions get blurr.
For example, recently many in their community begun to realized the the term Global warming wasn’t convincing enough so a new definition was created for the same ole, same ole. “Climate change” became the words.
It all has to do with trying to convince people that they are different , New found religion, as it were. They run from the label much like Tom Hayden a well known radical liberal has has done. So why do these so-called liberals like to be called Progressives these days. Well I figure that they figure conservatives have termed “liberal” in such a negative connotations.
So Many in the leftists community felt that those evil conservatives have successfully denigrated the word "liberal" in the minds of many voters.
As such, the term "progressive" is a useful public-relations tool, replacing "liberal" in campaign literature and helping sway voters who would otherwise not vote for a leftist candidate. But they do it so many times in all sorts of social causes.
So I wonder what exactly is someone progressive towards? That’s why I always laugh about that label. At least when you say your liberal you have liberty entwined as a concept, even thou that not exactly what you believe in. Liberty in today’s progressive or liberal world has nothing to do with real liberty.
Everybody likes progress yes? Capitalists think progress is more profits. Materialists think that progress is more machinery, technology, and toys. These are measurements of progress that are not used by progressives.
When we are talking about the politics of human society, a progressive is a person who believes that the progress of humanity is to be measured by the betterment of the human condition for the largest proportion of people as possible and that politics should in all cases be used to better the human condition for all and to distribute the benefits of society equally so that individuals receive equal opportunities for education, work, and fulfillment and no class, group, business, or private organization is enriched at the detriment or exploitation of people. Everything I mention is in itself contrary to what the current crop of liberal or progressives now believe.
But if you really want to think about it the so-called liberals or progressives are not at all progressive. They in really regressive. They believe in a so called Progressive income Tax, but as any economist will tell you it is regressive in nature. It forestalls growth and creates more trouble that it its is worth.
Other so called progressive ideas from Abortion to the environment are not progressive at all.
You really have think about the term to see that it’s not real. Everything about Liberal progressives is regressive. from the environment to lets say war? Recently the re definitions has begun to arrive in are current White House with the War on Terror being define to "Overseas Contingency Operation". I wondering if that could not only define what we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also Hillary’s husband tour of Red light districts in Foreign countries?
What has happen is that the pre 9-11 mentally has become apparent and in some cases the Blame the US for everything has rear it’s ugly head again. Some liberal/Progressives would say that the War on Teror was a darn inconvince and so what if 300 people died.
The new definitions are nothing new when it comes to the Liberals or progressives, It just how far back these folks want to reach back, which defines them as regressive after all.
The real progressives are conservatives and they though would gag people like Paul. Progressive conservatives want a flat tax, want it to be fair and equal. They feel that everyone should paid their fair share. So called liberal Progressives want to tax one group at the a higher rate. Not realizing that the very same group that they tax employes the other group. The real progressive help pass the Civil rights acts in the 1960's and the end of slavery previous to that.
Going from Taxes to abortion and realizing that every human has rights it seems that liberal progressives would rather kill off their tax base, by killing off the next generation of taxpayers, A progressive concept that still confuses me?
So what are we left with is new definitions from the so-called old school progressives. When you look at a 3.6 trillion dollar budget a nearly trillion dollar stimulus bill and the trillions the Democrats has offer up to the American People, we can only say: This isn’t change it’s Regressive polices of the left with nothing Progressive about it.
Redefinitions do make you anymore different that what you were previously. Can you spell LIBERAL?
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