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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

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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 08:27 PM

    From a liberal evangelical christian

    Evangelical came to mean anti-intellectual narrow minded conservative reactionary. Liberal came to mean what Lind described as soft on crime, weak on defense, and all too willing to take from the worthy to give to the unworthy. I reject both descriptions and boldly claim to be a person whose faith motivates him to work for economic and social justice for all (gay and straight), advocate for sound environmental stewardship, and the seek resolution of differences through means other than violence.

    —pastorhorace Read pastorhorace's other letters

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