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Tue Mar-31-09 04:29 PM
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In your opinion, What is the difference between Liberals and Progressives? n/t. |
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:31 PM
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1. Liberals are proud of being liberal and NOT ashamed or intimidated. |
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:33 PM
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I think a lot of people say "Progressive" because they still think Liberal is a dirty word
I say LIBERAL and I AM PROUD TO BE SUCH!
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:47 PM
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12. Or - liberals are allergic to the word 'socialism' |
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progressives, not so much.
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:32 PM
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...the word "liberal" has connotations of civil liberties, hoping the Supreme Court rules a certain way.
The word "progressive" has connotations of government reforms to fight corruption (civil service exams, campaign finance reform.)
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:32 PM
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3. Liberals are a specific political distinction |
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Pro labor, pro worker, Socially Democratic.
Progressive can mean whatever you want it to, however. Teddy Roosevelt (deep down, more Social-Libertarian than anything) was a Progressive, as was Henry Wallace (Social Democrat, if anything.)
I do not like the term progressive, because it implies that we are assured that what we are doing is progress. Maybe it is, but this assumption sends of shades of huberis.
I am a LIBERAL dammit!
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:34 PM
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5. Difference between liberal and Democrat would be a good one |
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:35 PM
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6. THE DIFFERANCE BETWEEN LIEBERALS AND PROGRESIVS |
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IS THEY BOTH LIKE STALIN!!!!!111111
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:46 PM
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:47 PM
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13. THEY ARE FROM COMUNISTS |
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AND READ RICHARD MARX WHILE KILLING BABIES
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:36 PM
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:38 PM
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:39 PM
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9. The world "liberal" used to refer to people who believed in laissez-faire economic policies. |
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Prior to FDR, the people who favored more regulations in the markets after seeing the effects of unregulated capitalism were labeled as progressives. The terms became mixed together when FDR began attempts to reach across the aisle and thus appropriated the term "liberal" from the Republicans who favored no regulation or government intervention to deal with the Great Depression. For example, the Liberal Party in Australia is considered the more conservative party there compared to the Democrats or the Labor Party.
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:40 PM
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10. So using the modern view of the word "liberal", do you see them as the same as progressives? |
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:51 PM
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and based upon coming from a family that has had both liberals and progressives for many generations, the difference is this: liberals tend to want to fine-tune the system to address the problems they see, while progressives want to institute a new system.
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Tue Mar-31-09 04:57 PM
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15. as long it is one ot the other it's OK |
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