Reply #12: he's playing stupid word games [View All]

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"classic liberalism" means Adam Smith, means, as it did 200 years ago, conservatism. He thinks of himself and his fellow shills as classic liberals because they believe, supposedly, in "free markets" and "laissez faire" and low taxes and limited government just like all the "heroes" of the past.

So, the RWNM having made liberal a bad word, now wants to do the same thing with progressive. Similar to Coulter's book "Treason" he wants to argue that Democrats = communists = fascists.

I disagree with Stewarts contention that liberals are individualists. Maybe DLC "liberals" are because they are trying to win elections in a society where individualism is one of the ruling ideas, especially after the "ME decade" (1980s).

Goldberg does not even understand his own argument. Did he even write the book? Why is organic food fascist? Because it takes something very personal - what you eat, and in the extreme, a group of fanatics will control what you eat, in the name of your health. Big Brother knows best.