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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:37 AM Original message |
Do you identify as "progressive"? If so, could you do me a favour? |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Progrssives should Lift Each Other UP |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I tend to think of it more "systematically"... |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Stick up for the little guy against the bully. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Or, he simply removes your name off his death list when he gets older and goes to murder his enemies |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sure |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I think you really said it all for me except #2.... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. re 5. ... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Conflicts that are already violent |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. BINGO |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. The goals are not much off a libertarians but I suspect how to get there differs |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Progressives primarily hold that society can and should be made better. |
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evenso (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Critics of progressivism often say we want to improve the individual.. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes, I basically agree with the sentiment of that. |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. One's personal morality/religious beliefs |
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evenso (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. regarding foreign policy... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Why is America exceptional? |
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evenso (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. America is exceptional - though not always a positive force in the world... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Why should America even have to lead? Why can't we just sit it out? nt |
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evenso (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
54. When I say "lead by example", I mean we do it by not intervening... |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
12. I assume that you are a Libertarian. Did you see the Youtube... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I'm not a Libertarian. |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I'm supposed to say "you'll never be a Libertarian" and ... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Shrug. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. The individual has a better chance of survival through cooperation with others than going alone. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Excellent response with which I agree. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. Principles that make me a "progressive" |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. re 5. - interesting point often ignored. |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. for starters |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'll co-sign and give you a rec, |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. FDR said it well in his "Economic Bill of Rights" |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't hide behind "progressive". I'm a liberal and that's that. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Me neither. I also have issues with progressivism and progressives in general. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. 1. Government should play a role in regulating capitalism |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. One principle. Everything follows from it: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. Liberal... slight diffrence |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Ditto! I am a LIBERAL, I am pround, not ashamed of the label. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:05 PM Original message |
??? why would you be ashamed of being a liberal? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm not ashamed of being a liberal, I just reject the deminization of the word and so... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. my 5: |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. That's a very good list. nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Thanks. I've been thinking about it ever since we started using the word. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm a Liberal |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. The Label comes after The Issues. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Mmmm, I'd have called these "political aims", rather than principles |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
38. I've got about five. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Here is my list |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Carefully written stuff! thanks! |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
40. ... |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. Sure |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. Mine |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. Not fitting into your "short list" criteria here, but, from my Journal.... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'm responding before reading yours so as not to taint mine |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. MANY THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSES, FOLKS |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. My 5..... |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
53. I identify as progressive. |
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