Follow-up: What is your definition of "progressive" and of "liberal"?

[Just Me]

After defining a "progressive" and a "liberal", explain how would you propose they go about uniting to combat the right-wing corporocrat machine that is plowing over both?

Whoops! Meant to add that, this is intended to invite perspectives without evaluations of those perspectives.

[LdyGuique]

1. Right now, I'd be willing to say that anyone opposing Bush, the

NeoCon agenda, and the Christian RW, is a progressive because we are progressively gaining adherents who find Bush unfit for duty. Truthfully, the longer he stays in office with a dual Republican majority, the more his numbers will drop. I'm more afraid of an attempted "putsch" by the Administration and a full suspension of the Constitution -- which will bring Civil War.

Edited for: I didn't realize that WillPitt had a huge thread that ended up closed by the management on this topic. I will not respond further on this one if it decides to grow feet and trample.

[Just Me]

2. Kick for discussion by the willing *LOL*

[Eloriel]

3. I don't have any definitions -- esp. of progressive, a term I simply

consider a mealy-mouth capitulation to the demonization of the word liberal. And that won't help at all: as soon as it's taken hold, the right will demonize that too.

[Just Me]

4. Okay. Define being liberal and how you propose uniting us.

To hell with the right.

Define what "liberal" is to you and propose a path to unity.

[K-W]

5. Here is my understanding.

Progressive - someone who believes in reforming society to produce a more ideal future.

Liberal - someone who subscribes to a specific set of opinions about society and government

Depending on thier evaluation of the current state of things a liberal can be progressive or not. If you think things are relatively fitting with liberal ideas, or that it is impossible to improve them, you arent a progressive. If you think there are significant changes that can be made to make the nation more liberal, you are a progressive liberal.