Posted on 10/31/2015 10:01:58 AM PDT by xzins
I am a Progressive Conservative.
I base this on the definition of the word "progress". From the Merriam-Webster site: "the process of improving or developing something over a period of time".
Among conservatives who follow the news, this word would seem almost a contradiction. They are used to hearing the word associated with liberalism and socialism. It appears those movements have co-opted a perfectly positive word "progressive" with its root word meaning of improvement.
My sense is that the average person sees the word "progressive" and thinks "progress". This average person has little connection to secular campuses in which 'progressive' is proclaimed as some kind of march toward socialism. My sense is that those folks see the word "progress", have been taught that "progress" is a good thing, and so they think that "progressive" is about improvement. Little do they know that it is being abused by liberals and socialists.
So, as an example, I am in favor of a progressive conservative approach to immigration and illegal immigration. It is progress for a country to go from a border that would make it easy for terrorists to slip across to a border which is almost impossible for terrorists to violate. It is NOT 'progress' to get rid of borders altogether or to allow unchecked immigration from any country, much less a country like Syria with radical groups that hate us.
I would say to Hillary Clinton and to Jeb Bush that only liberals say it is progress to have open borders. Progressive Conservatives think that is not progress at all. That would be going backward. Real progress, real improvement is the real control of borders, visas, coasts, ports, and airports.Â
I am a PROGRESSive Conservative. I will argue with these so-called progressive liberals about what really is an improvement, about what really is progress any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
It is not progress to have its people out of work. Progressive Conservatives don't see that as progress at all. We believe that a person is happier and improving in self-esteem and self-actualization when they are working, producing, creating. And an added benefit is that the country also improves. Liberalism -- progressive liberals -- thinks that it's just fine to have the highest number of people in our history not able to find jobs. They call that progress. But liberalism has always led to decay, so their ideas on ' progress would also lead to decay. Progressive liberalism leads to decayed families, communities, states, and nations. Just look at all the socialist and liberal nations around the world to see the clear truth of this. Except for a socialist liberal, who in their right mind would say that a gulag -- a prison camp for the people -- is progress?
Take the word back, folks. And it is too easy. Simply state, "That's not progress. Progressive Conservatism says that real improvement is found in folks being able to fend for themselves without the intrusion of Big Brother telling them what to do."
We are the ones proclaiming real progress in economics, education, family, law, religion, justice, foreign policy, the military...in fact, in ANY area of life.
I'm a PROGRESSive Conservative. Join with me and start touting real Progress. Reclaim the word. This word is easily reclaimed.
Liberals stole the word progressive and changed its meaning, just like they stole the words democratic, liberal and gay.
Progress is such an easy one to take back, too.
We simply need to argue about what’s really progress. Certainly not what liberalism is selling.
This one is easy to take back.
In the words of almost all people ‘progress’ still means ‘improving something’.
In the MINDS of almost all people ‘progress’ still means ‘improving something’.
noun
1 A person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas. - http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/
You may like the label, I wouldn’t.
That is based on high brow appropriation of a word.
The word ‘progress’ has nothing to do with socialism or liberalism.
And average people see ‘progressive’ and all they really see is ‘progress’.
Take the word back. I am a PROGRESSive Conservative.
I read your screed several times.
Conservatism stands alone just fine by itself and doesn’t require “progressive” qualification.
Wrong. The average person sees 'progressive' as 'liberal'. Let the word become the cesspool descriptive that 'liberal' became.
No worries. They will be going back to liberal or some other name after people get sick of their policies.
The left have called themselves progressives, then liberals, then back to progressives.
Same sh*t, different name.
>> I am a PROGRESSive Conservative.
That’s exactly what morons I’ve encountered said when they worshiped their bank accounts and shiny “progressive” infrastructure.
NO SALE
Romans 1:25+
It won’t.
Take the word progress back.
They are not offering progress.
Do you consider single moms getting welfare checks to be progress?
>> They will be going back to liberal or some other name after people get sick of their policies.
Bezmenov seemed to believe their handlers had something else in store for them after they outlived the Useful part of their Idiotness.
>>Same sh*t, different name.
Correctomundo. And they don’t have any better plan for ensuring the availability of toilet paper than their “conservative” counterparts in the USSR did, either.
And Oz never did give nothin to the Tinman.
Do you consider single moms getting welfare checks to be progress?
It’s no more, or less, progress than worshiping flying bits of titanium or bits of wealth, 1001001, in the Jesuit banking system.
Romans 1:25+
How’d progress turn out for ol’ Nebuchadnezzar?
Twinkle Twinkle.
Maybe you’d get a better response if you differentiated whatever your definition of “progress” is from the secular humanist manure that’s been propped up for worship since, forever.
“These are your gods oh Israel, who led you out of Egypt”
Same ol’ STEM Ba’al manure, different progressive municipal toilet.
Romans 1:25 doesn’t apply to believers, obviously. Also, Nebuchadnezzar wasn’t the issue. The issue was the exiled Jews under his control. Was it progress for Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah to be punished, or was it progress when Nebuchadnezzar relented?
I think it is differentiated.
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