Posted on 07/21/2009 7:28:16 AM PDT by Yaacov
The Progressive movement takes as its touchstones of goodness these three ideas: compassion, selflessness and “the good of mankind”- Compassion because it reassures The Individual that his needs and feelings will be taken into account and cared for, Selflessness in order to nullify the privacy and personal property rights, and “The Good of Mankind” to replace religion with humanism. If you accept these three virtues uncritically you have accepted the primacy of the collective over your identity.
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Interesting title. Any intentional reference to a certain phony-baloney loud-mouthed radio talker who claims to be a “Compassionate Conservative”???
Only indirectly- Compassionate Conservatism is a corruption invented to use the same disingenuous channel of coercion for political power.
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