what exactly is a progressive? (Glenn Beck, radical, ideology, compare)

[tropolis]

i was watching glenn beck yesterday, hes having some documentary today about progressives and how insane they are, the likes of hitler, che, fidel, etc.

now i thought the definition of a progressive is someone who wants change or to keep progressing, to progress.

now while people label progressives as dangerous, etc. weren't some of our greatest leaders progressives? example being martin luther king.

he sought to radically change a country with a radical idea at the time, which was equality for all.

so would beck think of someone like him as a progressive then?

is that what progressivisim is? i dont know, its confusing.

[wedjat]

Why not ask roysoldboy what the definition is, he can take it straight from the mouth of his hero Beck, no thinking required.

[subsound]

I wouldn't ask what people don't know. They just regurgitate it without knowing or understanding it in the least.

Only in he US do people claim to be "experts" in something they can't even define, let alone know anything about.

[cleanhouse]

Originally Posted by subsound

I wouldn't ask what people don't know. They just regurgitate it without knowing or understanding it in the least.

Only in he US do people claim to be "experts" in something they can't even define, let alone know anything about.

You must then understand why we are suffering the worst financial crisis in 70 years.

[thinkin about it]

In order to have a political conversation involving labels, we have to start by de-coding the language. This is difficult; everyone in politics seems to make it up as they go along. Somewhere along the way "conservative" became a term of pride and "liberal" became one of degradation in the mainstream.

To answer your question, I use progressive, in American terms, to be synonymous with mainstream Democrat, "liberal", slightly left of center ideology.

[twista6002]

Progressive is a term used for some certain people who organized and followed through with movements generally considered to better society (prohibition, women's suffrage, housing sanitation standards, etc). It's just the Beck simpletons here (and they know who they are) now think progressives are dangerous anarchists. In actuality they'd never heard the term up until a week ago and still don't accurately know what it is.

[BentBow]

Do a Google on Cloward & Piven.

Compare their ideas to what was happening then and what is happening now.

[AeroGuyDC]

Progressives are the the oxymorons of the century.

There is nothing progressive about beliving that "Free Love For All" is cure to the worlds ills no matter the (unsustainable) cost.

That's what you call "Regressive." (Decreasing proportionately as the amount taxed increases)

[cleanhouse]

Originally Posted by twista6002

Progressive is a term used for some certain people who organized and followed through with movements generally considered to better society (prohibition, women's suffrage, housing sanitation standards, etc). It's just the Beck simpletons here (and they know who they are) now think progressives are dangerous anarchists. In actuality they'd never heard the term up until a week ago and still don't accurately know what it is.

Most people would be considered progressives then.

Right Left Center , Most people are looking to better society.

Unfortunately we all may not agree on how to do it.

[Theliberalvoice]

Just wait for some righties to come in. They can explain it because they are so "progressive" themselves.