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Friday, November 28, 2008

'Liberal' and 'Progressive'

I don't have much patients [er, that would be patience] for liberals who allowed conservatives to make 'liberal' a dirty word, and who fled to the term "progressive."

Michael Lind discusses the phenomenon, and the terminological question at Salon.com.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:23 PM

    Hey WS, happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for your writings. Always thoughtful and worth visiting.

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  2. Orlando C. Harn8:54 PM

    You spelled "patience" wrong.

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  3. Winston Smith9:59 PM

    Thanks, G!

    And thanks, AS. Tired blogging generates problems with homophones...

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  4. lovable liberal11:53 PM

    Still here. Still unrepentant. I hope the timid progressives will rejoin me.

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