RickWhite
Well-Known Member
Many on the far Left use the term Progressive to describe their political philosophy. The term suggests progress, which essentially means to move foreword or to advance. The question I have is, toward what?
Every policy advocated by these so called progressives that I can think of moves the human condition backward and not forward.
One needs only look around at the society in which we live for examples. In art, as in life, we see ample social decay. Where traditional art gave us Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel and Mozart, the Progressives give us Jackson Pollack, the Piss Christ and Kanye West. Where tradition and respect for established norms gives us things like proper manners, common courtesy and respect for others, the Progressives promote prison culture, gangsta rap and all forms reprehensible conduct under the rubric of tolerance, free expression and artistic expression.
Where emphasis was once on respect for society and for others, everything now is about expression of the individual with utter disregard for everything decent. Men once wore suits to baseball games in the heat of the summer; now offensive T shirts are more the norm and are encouraged by Progressives. Music was once free of obscenities and public decency was respected and expected. Now every other word is a cuss word, violence is glorified and contempt for society and reprehensible conduct is a common theme. Again, Progressives celebrate this as freedom of expression and tollerance for "minority culture." There was once a time where the terms ladies and gentlemen actually meant something and such terms dictated our conduct. According to the new progressive model, ladies is downright sexist and if there are no ladies, who needs gentlemen. Nope, in the progressive model we are all free to behave like animals - like we live in caves.
Where morals were once viewed as universal and an obligation of all people, they are now viewed as open to interpretation. One no longer must act according to a clear public code. Now individuals are free to act only according to what is good for themselves and what fits their particular version of morality - much like they did in the days of barbarism before we had a moral code.
Even political discussion from progressives is typically vulgar and vitriolic with little attempt at anything intellectual. Juxtapose most Conservative websites to Progressive ones and you will see well constructed, intellectual discourse on one and little more than vulgar personal attacks on the other with no attention paid to respectable discourse. Such things are outdated and oppressive in the Progressive mindset. A good string of vulgarity is a much better form of free Progressive expression.
Progressives want to destroy our free market which is the most successful system ever conceived, they want to increase chaos and social decay by tolerating crime in the name of compassion and they aim to undermine religion which is the chief source of moral guidance for many. I am sure there are hundreds of examples I am leaving out.
Given all the ways progressives wish to move backward, one has to wonder what they think they are making progress toward. In my estimate, after a few more decades of their version of progress, we will all be living in a society with no semblance of civility at all. That just isnt my idea of how to advance the human condition.
Every policy advocated by these so called progressives that I can think of moves the human condition backward and not forward.
One needs only look around at the society in which we live for examples. In art, as in life, we see ample social decay. Where traditional art gave us Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel and Mozart, the Progressives give us Jackson Pollack, the Piss Christ and Kanye West. Where tradition and respect for established norms gives us things like proper manners, common courtesy and respect for others, the Progressives promote prison culture, gangsta rap and all forms reprehensible conduct under the rubric of tolerance, free expression and artistic expression.
Where emphasis was once on respect for society and for others, everything now is about expression of the individual with utter disregard for everything decent. Men once wore suits to baseball games in the heat of the summer; now offensive T shirts are more the norm and are encouraged by Progressives. Music was once free of obscenities and public decency was respected and expected. Now every other word is a cuss word, violence is glorified and contempt for society and reprehensible conduct is a common theme. Again, Progressives celebrate this as freedom of expression and tollerance for "minority culture." There was once a time where the terms ladies and gentlemen actually meant something and such terms dictated our conduct. According to the new progressive model, ladies is downright sexist and if there are no ladies, who needs gentlemen. Nope, in the progressive model we are all free to behave like animals - like we live in caves.
Where morals were once viewed as universal and an obligation of all people, they are now viewed as open to interpretation. One no longer must act according to a clear public code. Now individuals are free to act only according to what is good for themselves and what fits their particular version of morality - much like they did in the days of barbarism before we had a moral code.
Even political discussion from progressives is typically vulgar and vitriolic with little attempt at anything intellectual. Juxtapose most Conservative websites to Progressive ones and you will see well constructed, intellectual discourse on one and little more than vulgar personal attacks on the other with no attention paid to respectable discourse. Such things are outdated and oppressive in the Progressive mindset. A good string of vulgarity is a much better form of free Progressive expression.
Progressives want to destroy our free market which is the most successful system ever conceived, they want to increase chaos and social decay by tolerating crime in the name of compassion and they aim to undermine religion which is the chief source of moral guidance for many. I am sure there are hundreds of examples I am leaving out.
Given all the ways progressives wish to move backward, one has to wonder what they think they are making progress toward. In my estimate, after a few more decades of their version of progress, we will all be living in a society with no semblance of civility at all. That just isnt my idea of how to advance the human condition.
