Letters to the Editor

Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive? Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism "progressive" and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word. By Michael Lind [2008-11-21]

• There Was a "Progressive Movement" But Not A "Liberal Movement"

  Liberal is a stupid label whereas Progressive has an actual history and philosophy attached to it!

  Go on..Google The Progressive Movement or Wikipedia the phrase and it will bring up a lot of proud history of reforms.

  Now try to do the same with "Liberal" and see what comes up. Not much.

  Liberal has no There there!

  Was Mother Jones a liberal or a Progressive?

  Again it just bears repeating that it was the Progressive Movement of the early 1900's that we are self-identifying with!

  I can tell you exactly what a Progressive is and what they stand for and what they have done in the history of this country.

  What the fuck is a liberal? What is the defining philosophy of the "liberal movement"? I mean, there just isn't any actual meaning or history to the label.

  Let the "liberal" label fade away.

  -- chris49068
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