EriktheRed
Eh...
Some of the people posting on this topic seem to have a real problem with anybody trying to define American culture and what is a distinctly American train of thought and what , like Progressivism , runs counter to our culture as Americans . They seem to feel as if freedom means anything goes and they shouldn't be ostricized for adopting a philosophy that is unAmerican . It is a free country , you can think anything you want and do anything you want , but don't be surprised if your counter-culture philosopy puts you outside of the circle . Every society on the planet defines their culture and what is healthy or unhealthy relative to their culture , so why shouldn't we? What if way back when members of some Great Plains Indian tribe had decided that killing buffalo was wrong and tried to convince everybody else that it was ? That would have gone counter to that tribe's culture and the people that held the view point killing buffalo was wrong would have found themselves outside the circle . There are many things that run counter to American culture . Progressivism is one of them . And another thing that comes to mind are practitioners of Sharia law . Our philosophy is that church and state should be seperate . Would we be wrong to say that Sharia law is unAmerican . Are we as Americans not allowed to define our own cultural values ? Does freedom mean we must roll out the welcome mat for every train of thought on the planet ?
A lot of words, but no real reason given for what makes progressivism "un-American".
As to this part in particular....
Every society on the planet defines their culture and what is healthy or unhealthy relative to their culture , so why shouldn't we?
...who's "we"?