Reply #40: That Was My Point - Not Fear Of Liberalism [View All]

[DrFunkenstein]

I'm a proud liberal, but so are my parents. They don't think much of social change, but they embrace a generally liberal worldview of social justice and such - alot of which has to do with personal freedom from discrimination, the right to choose, etc.

Progressives, I imagine, tend to be a little more scholarly and think of crap like media conglomeration. Not that there aren't plenty of ignorant folk that consider themselves - are - progressive. People with political visions that penetrate about as deep as a Rage Against The Machine song (who I am not knocking). I actually tend to think that progressives lean more easily towards conspiracy theories.

As far as PC language, you can say whatever you want, but I think you'll sound like an ass trying to score cheap points. Alot of anti-PC talk is just a cover for bigotry. I don't think Howard Stern is a champion of free speech. I think he's a prick.

I've got a potty mouth myself, but I don't find it very useful to call Ann Coulter a whore. Honestly, I don't even like when people say "nigga." I think of Richard Pryor when he went to Africa, and swore he would never use the term again.

In any case, I consider myself a liberal until I started reading up on some of the stuff Nader brought up in 2000, and now I consider myself a progressive (although Nader pissed me off in 2000).