Have you noticed that liberals don't call themselves liberal anymore? Why?

Question

It's progressive now. I find that interesting considering every time we try to make progress by building a road or a bridge or to seek energy independence by drilling for oil here or by trying to increase our refining capacity by building a new refinery or by building a damn or a nuclear power plant, there is always opposition from the "progressives" (liberals) on these issues. Why is that? Why don't progressives/liberals want progress?

Answer 1

For the same reason(s) that Hillary used to so heavily insist that it was "Rodham-Clinton" and now it's just "Clinton." Trying to soften the edge. And boy! The responses from so of the others... Quoting "Facts" such as slow government response to destroyed cities? Uh... Hello? The MAYOR (a democrat) never bothered to activate the emergency disaster evaucation plan. The list goes on and on. Bottom line, they refuse to own their end of anything -- unless it's good and they hide from the truth.

Answer 2

Well, you call all Democrats liberal so I would say you have the issue.

I am not a liberal. I am a pragmatist, and not even Democrat. I lean Liberal on some issues and more Conservative on others. In here we usually talk the most about the others!

Though I am very pro 2nd Amendment!

Who said liberals didn't want progress. That is the only time this country seems to get any is when a Democrat is in office. The last 12 year Republican party did nothing but spend our money.

Why is it you only mention the things you want to spend money on. I didn't hear you say a damn thing about people!

Oil company are keeping there profits and not reinvesting them in plant structure so all their plants are getting old, so they use that as an excuse to charge you more!

And here is what "fiscal" Republicans do:

http://www.uuforum.org/deficit.htm

And Bush's figures don't even include the war!

Answer 3

I am a conservative who is called a liberal all the time .


I can not fathom why Bush would spend billions of dollars we do not have .
Why , Bush would allow our nations highways to be flooded with Mexican truckers taking even more jobs from people here.
Has Bush ever heard of the veto .

Congress can send stuff his way all day and he does not have to pass it .

What Bush has tried is to reduce veterans benefits , reduce military pay and benefits .

He has approved selling military arms to dozens of nations which in the future we will need to disarm or go to war with .

I just do not get Bush at all .

For a conservative he has done a lousy job spending this nation into debt .

More people need to call Bush what he is ,a bleeding heart liberal , who is biased towards multi-national corporations .

Answer 4

Well, the obvious answer to the drilling for oil part and nuclear power plant parts is that liberals think we should protect the environment. (How silly!)

Liberals don't call themselves liberal anymore because it's been twisted into an ugly word by neocons who are too stupid to read the dictionary, where they would actually find the definition: "favorable to progess or reform"

Answer 5

Shame. They don't like the negative connotations that go with being a liberal. So they masked it under the title progressive, meaning if you do not agree with us, you then want to stay static. What they really should be called is socialist. They want the government to fund all their human needs, to promote no class system. Short version. We are all just as poor as they are.

Answer 6

By definition, most people in America are Liberal. So it either goes without saying that everyone's a Liberal, your observations are incorrect or the word "liberal" is being incorrectly used as an insult these days.

You're practicing double standards here. You use the word "Liberal" in one of its more secondary, perhaps tertiary and non-definitive uses, yet you also use the word "Progressive" literally and straight out of the Dictionary. Which is it? Or shall I assume so called non-Liberals are opposed to people having personal liberties, and dare I say it, freedom?

Answer 7

I'm a liberal, and I'm proud of it. Yeah, I do think everyone should have medicine and health care. I do think gay people should be able to marry. I DON'T want to take away all your guns! I think everyone could agree that there are some people who shouldn't own a weapon. Honestly I think anyone who goes as far as getting an NRA card knows that a gun is really a tool, not a weapon. I don't think lobbiests should be able to treat politicians to fancy lifestyles, theres another word for that: bribery! Yup, I'm a liberal, I like how you think bringing this country from its largest surplus to its greatest deficit is progress, you freakin' nazi!!

Answer 8

Progress means to move forward. They do not want America to move forward. They want America to move on. Meaning leave, get out of the way. Communists are always hiding their intentions like that.

Answer 9

define progress.

Iraq war? no
budget deficit? no
draconian justice dept? no
poor reactions to destroyed cities? no


OR perhaps budget surpluses? yes
acknowledging, anticipating and minimizing climate change? yes
expanding economy?yes
success in the balkans? yes


So it is with history on their side that liberals claim the title progressive.

Answer 10

LOL...so increasing our refining capability makes us less dependent on oil?

I find it interesting that republicans are willing to spend 10 BILLION dollars a month in Iraq but won't give a sick kid in the UNITED STATES health care because it's to expensive.