CrusaderFrank
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Your language as a righty outs you.no one is asking the government to protect that your thinking as a lefty is showing through once againStatist progressive righties believe abortion generally is a denial of human rights and thus Big Government must step in to protect those rights.Immaterial. What do you believe? If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.I asked what you believe. Do YOU believe that Human Rights are inherent or are granted by the State?
who is asking the government to protect those rights --LOL
the Constitution was established to protect us "the people" from the government
Progressivism is neutral in political philosophy, using politics to make changes governmentally, economically, socially or culturally.
Your language as a righty outs you.no one is asking the government to protect that your thinking as a lefty is showing through once againStatist progressive righties believe abortion generally is a denial of human rights and thus Big Government must step in to protect those rights.Immaterial. What do you believe? If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.I asked what you believe. Do YOU believe that Human Rights are inherent or are granted by the State?
who is asking the government to protect those rights --LOL
the Constitution was established to protect us "the people" from the government
Progressivism is neutral in political philosophy, using politics to make changes governmentally, economically, socially or culturally.
Your language as a righty outs you.no one is asking the government to protect that your thinking as a lefty is showing through once againStatist progressive righties believe abortion generally is a denial of human rights and thus Big Government must step in to protect those rights.Immaterial. What do you believe? If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.
who is asking the government to protect those rights --LOL
the Constitution was established to protect us "the people" from the government
Progressivism is neutral in political philosophy, using politics to make changes governmentally, economically, socially or culturally.
progressivism is far from neutral
Your language as a righty outs you.no one is asking the government to protect that your thinking as a lefty is showing through once againStatist progressive righties believe abortion generally is a denial of human rights and thus Big Government must step in to protect those rights.Immaterial. What do you believe? If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.
who is asking the government to protect those rights --LOL
the Constitution was established to protect us "the people" from the government
Progressivism is neutral in political philosophy, using politics to make changes governmentally, economically, socially or culturally.
Not now it isn't. Lefty progressives have made it partisan, and their goals have made it negative.
Many posters at USMB mistakenly use the term "Progressive" to demonize the Left. They fail to realize that if they want Big Government to further or prohibit their pet beliefs, that they too are Progressives. Progressivism asserts that human advancements are furthered by State political activism (statism) in changing social relationships, supporting technological innovations, regulating economic improvements, and scientific development.
Progressivism is a process and active philosophy encompassing the political spectrum from far right to far left, from libertarianism to authoritarianism. Hitler (the death camps), Stalin (collective agriculture), American pro-life (insisting on government prohibition of abortion) or anti-Marriage Equality, the Civil Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act, segregation in the American South – all are examples of Progressivism. All used politics in Big Government to change government, or society, or culture or economy to further the achievement of desired goals.
In America, certain of the left refer to themselves as Progressives in a limited, liberal sense. Some of their enemies demean them as such, not aware that they too are progressives in the operative sense of the word if they use Big Government to achieve their goals.
If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.
You, of course, agree with the OP, because yet again am right. I gave examples above. If you use big government to push your secular or religious morals, then you are a progressive statists. If a libertarian wants the IRS abandoned, he is a progressive right wing statist.Funny, I agree with the OP. But if this is your definition of a progressive statist, you're equivocating (again) and offering nothing of substance.If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.
Heh, you just can't resist the stupid word games. Libertarian is the opposite of statist.You, of course, agree with the OP, because yet again am right. I gave examples above. If you use big government to push your secular or religious morals, then you are a progressive statists. If a libertarian wants the IRS abandoned, he is a progressive right wing statist.Funny, I agree with the OP. But if this is your definition of a progressive statist, you're equivocating (again) and offering nothing of substance.If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.
If a libertarian wants to get rid of the IRS, once again, or the direct election of Senators, he is advocating progressive statism as the methodology to do it. You can't get away from the fact that is a methodology for change by politics in the modern world.Heh, you just can't resist the stupid word games. Libertarian is the opposite of statist.You, of course, agree with the OP, because yet again am right. I gave examples above. If you use big government to push your secular or religious morals, then you are a progressive statists. If a libertarian wants the IRS abandoned, he is a progressive right wing statist.Funny, I agree with the OP. But if this is your definition of a progressive statist, you're equivocating (again) and offering nothing of substance.If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.
If a libertarian wants to get rid of the IRS, once again, or the direct election of Senators, he is advocating progressive statism as the methodology to do it. You can't get away from the fact that is a methodology for change by politics in the modern world.Heh, you just can't resist the stupid word games. Libertarian is the opposite of statist.You, of course, agree with the OP, because yet again am right. I gave examples above. If you use big government to push your secular or religious morals, then you are a progressive statists. If a libertarian wants the IRS abandoned, he is a progressive right wing statist.Funny, I agree with the OP. But if this is your definition of a progressive statist, you're equivocating (again) and offering nothing of substance.If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.
a political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs.
By your definition, 98% of American, the non-libertarians, are progressive statists. We know why your type, so many of you, wanted a very minimal governmental control. That's why we have nothing to do with you in real, daily life. We know what you are. Tis what it is. Who cares?Yeah, you can get away from that non-fact by appealing the actual definition of statism, rather than your bullshit word salad. I'll go with the first thing that pops up on a google search instead:If a libertarian wants to get rid of the IRS, once again, or the direct election of Senators, he is advocating progressive statism as the methodology to do it. You can't get away from the fact that is a methodology for change by politics in the modern world.Heh, you just can't resist the stupid word games. Libertarian is the opposite of statist.You, of course, agree with the OP, because yet again am right. I gave examples above. If you use big government to push your secular or religious morals, then you are a progressive statists. If a libertarian wants the IRS abandoned, he is a progressive right wing statist.Funny, I agree with the OP. But if this is your definition of a progressive statist, you're equivocating (again) and offering nothing of substance.If you believe they are inalienable, granted by God, and you wish to use the government to protect those rights, then you are a progressive statist.which is the opposite of libertarians, who want minimal centralized control over social and economic affairs. You're trying obfuscate the term "statist" because you are one. Which is why you can't tolerate libertarians.a political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs.
By your definition, 98% of American, the non-libertarians, are progressive statists.
Love Lewis! But his remarks do not apply to the methodology of 20th century progressiveness in a We the People constitutional republic. This is how we govern and have for more than a century.