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To: Perseverando; CMB_polarization; Lumper20; Morgana
I request the three of you to stop using the term "Progressive" to describe leftists. This is an example of newspeak that we, conservatives, fall for

the Leftists are not progressive as they support racial quotas, killing of babies in the womb (a regressive tactic dating to pre-Christian times), Big government (paternalistic oligarchy) instead of individual responsibility

They are NOT "progressive" -- they use that term to label us, their opponents as "non-progressive" or "regressive" whereas that latter label better befits them.

It's like when they collared the term "liberal" -- heck, they aren't liberal economically (less government interference) -- liberalism isn't truly left or right. Or the term "gay" to describe homosexuals, etc. or even the term "abortion" instead of "baby killing"

138 posted on 05/21/2015 12:07:29 AM PDT by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Cronos
Good idea. I would like to put "progressive" in quotes, to retain their term, yet indicate my suspicion of the term. Here is our "progressive" local radio station that I monitor once in a while:

http://www.1340kbbr.com/

155 posted on 05/22/2015 8:46:29 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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