Reply #112: Pragmatism is the opposite of idealism. [View All]

It's a belief that almost any forward motion is better than standing still, or slipping backward. It's refusing to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It's a matter of getting things done, whether one is happy with those things or not.

There are no "keywords", no "code words." These are fantasies invented by the pullers of strings, the folks who bought up the media in order to better control the populace. Liberalism is a political ideology which defines the role of government as whatever the people want it to be. Conservatism is a political ideology defined by limiting the role of government, and forcing people to do for themselves what they'd prefer government to do. Neither view is evil. Neither view is "correct". Neither view should be adopted to the point of completely ignoring the opposing view.

Every spoonful of sugar we see is on top of a giant ladle of crap, and They've figured out that all they need to do to get away with it is make all of us blame each other. And it works. Time to let it go.

Pragmatism, not conservatism or liberalism, is PRECISELY what America needs right now. For decades, government has not acted to counter the problems faced by the nation. Trusting blindly that some ghostly hand will guide everything, government has failed to act and now humanity itself teeters on a line between religious war and starvation. And the Chinese are poised to become the preeminent world power.

You go on about "keywords". Some of us have stuff to do. Call us whatever names you want. Just don't get in the way of progress.