Reply #12: troublemaker... [View All]

[Chili]

"Neither view is always right or always wrong. Liberals will support something like the 60s civil rights movement (which took away a lot of liberties, like choosing who to hire, who you feel like serving in your restaurant, etc.) when the need for progress is overwhelming, as it was."

I don't want to misunderstand you: this sounds like you're saying that progressives are segregationists and disapprove of equal opportunity in the workplace? Or are you talking about Affirmative Action? Most "liberals" support Affirmative Action, and segregation is anathema to both liberals and progressives, isn't it? (whatever the definition of "progressive" is). From your post above, aren't those libertarian tenets? Is that what you were describing?

I should add that I know little to nothing of Libertarianism.

I thought that progressives were simply further left of "liberals" in that the environment and civil liberties had a bigger priority than social issue reforms, such as Head Start, educational training programs, Social Security, etc. Those are classic liberal causes. I'm willing to be corrected on that, because Farseer asked a good question.