Posted on 04/21/2014 11:09:02 AM PDT by Leigh Patrick Sullivan
We all are familiar with the political spectrum, that hypothetical horizontal line on which we find our ‘point’ – our personal political ideology. The principle is basic: left is liberal, right is conservative.
But while the standard spectrum is still valid as a foundation, in reality it isn’t a flat line at all.
(Excerpt) Read more at leighpatrick.com ...
For one take on the Political Spectrum.
William Flax
No No No.
Today’s Progressives are the furthest thing from Anarchists.
They use anarchist tactics to impose more government controls, not less.
We should compare our design to its implementation by whoever is in power. That it the appropriate measurement.
Go to the video linked to this website and consider its argument for a bit.
By the way, it's my book.
The Progressive Fabian Socialists do not recognize the authority of the Constitution and have created a state of disorder and confusion in America. They also utterly reject the existence and authority of God and the natural law developed from our Judeo-Christian heritage.
Yes, I'd say the Progressives are very much anarchists.
And fighting their tyranny is fighting against their confusion and disorder and fighting for a peace-loving free society.
Ancient Aliens: the Annunnaki Connection is on History Channel right now, just started. Isn’t this the lizard people that VJ, Murkowski, Ayotte, Reid and others spring from?
The fundamental problem in your political spectrum is that the words in it aren’t English but Newspeak. This problem traces back at least to the American inversion (in the 1920s according to Safire’s New Political Dictionary) of the meaning of the word “liberal.” I’d say it even goes back further, because I’m pretty sure the term “progressive” got an inverted meaning even earlier. And, BTW, there actually aren’t any real conservatives in America; those who are labeled as such all believe in progress and liberty and therefore can NOT be considered conservative in a meaningful sense.In The Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek put paid to the idea that there was any real difference between fascism and communism. They fought (during WWII) “as only half-brothers can” (quote from a nonpolitical old movie, not Hayek). People who believe in liberty can’t stand either fascists or communists - but you position “social conservatives” - who mostly just want the government to stop subverting tradition by means of government schools - right next to fascists, who - just like the communists - want government control of everything.
I posted a similar thought almost a year ago.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011704/posts
See post # 9.
Excellent link!
I understand your position and would ask you to consider the issue in greater detail.
Do progressives promote Individualism or Groups ?
Do progressives ask/demand that the government impose their hair brained ideas ?
Yes, Prog’s are anti-Constitution and anti our Judeo-Christian heritage.
But, our Constitution is anti-government.
The Progressive only wants to destroy the “Known” for the “Unknown”.
They reject all certainty, other than their certainty that everything is uncertain.
I know that it makes no sense and is a circular argument.
This position of theirs is the only thing that can explain their immunity to logic and their hypocrisy.
They don’t even recognize that which they fight for is what they fundamentally oppose.
When does the snake realize it is eating its own tail ?
Have you thought of posting some excerpts as a stand alone vanity?
No, I haven’t. I’m not really sure it would be helpful. I’ll think about it.
What drives me crazy is the claim that we are a ‘center-right’ country. If that’s the case, then our instrument of measure is biased to the left of where the people are.
Message from COS: Florida has just become the third State standing for liberty by passing SM476/HM381.
It seems to me that tyranny (the Progressive's love-child), not freedom, is closest to anarchy. Tyranny rejects God's authority and laws that are meant for the betterment, peace, and happiness of man and instead reigns confusion and disorder. Progressiveness and tyranny are anarchy disguised as legitimate authority.
Our Constitution is anti-government
Yes and this is an example of how anti-government and pro-freedom are not anarchy. A free society, like the Constitution, erects safeguards against those who would wrongfully interfere with another's freedoms. That creates a respectful and peaceful society. The opposite of anarchy is not tyranny, but the Rule of Law (here, the Constitution). The opposite of the Rule of Law is anarchy, tyranny, and Progressivism.
What drives me crazy is the claim that we are a ‘center-right’ country. If that’s the case, then our instrument of measure is biased to the left of where the people are.
It’s all PR all the time.
It’s defining the opposition before the opposition speaks.
It’s killing the messenger to keep the message from even being considered.
It’s polarizing everything into a political choice.
It’s peer pressure to separate the relativist from the objectivist.
And it’s making the slightly right into the “far right”, while the far left is merely the “left”—or even more often, “left-leaning”.
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