Kat Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 "PROGRESSIVES" AREN'T PROGRESSIVEby Tibor MachanWednesday, September 13, 2006 At my university I was sitting at one interminably long meeting where sadly much time is wasted and little gets done. But during one of the discussions the person who was the leader made the point that there are faculty members of different political persuasion (a piece of vital information we all needed to be provided) and divided them into two groups, conservative and progressive. By this was meant something simply descriptive and showing not kind of bias at all. Sadly, many people even at universities and colleges, ones who ought to know better, accept some of these labels without question. Yet given how the labels derive from words that have pretty clear meaning in our language, what those words from which they derive mean has an influence in how the labels will be understood.Thus, conservatism derives from the perfectly ordinary word “conserve.” And this means to hold over,Read article at Free Market News...http://www.Freemarketnews.com/Analysis/117...17&nid=5968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 There is absolutely nothing progressive about what the Left wants and please realize that the term is applied either because of rank ignorance or as a simple ruse. The Left is, in fact, reactionary and regressive. Great quote, Tibor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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