Why I'm not a Socialist

[murielm99]

3. Horseshit.

Last edited Thu Jul 19, 2018, 04:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Once again, someone takes the term "progressive" and defines it any way they please.

"Progressive" no longer has meaning as a defined term. It is instead a purity test.

I am a liberal. I don't care how many ways conservatives try to use this word as a slander, I am a liberal. They do not get to define me or change the language. Neither does anyone else.

"But if by liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and civil liberties -- someone believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our polities abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."

John F. Kennedy

If you try to twist this or qualify it, go talk to someone else. I am not going to split hairs.