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MJongo (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:20 PM Original message |
Why are you a progressive? |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Being anything else is just wrong. nt |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Liberal women are waaay hotter. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Oh for sure! RWers are all about "me me me." nt |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Im not. Im whatever my leader tells me to be |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. The key is in the first two syllables of "progressive" |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Equality, Liberty, and Justice for all. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've never thought of the label |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because Jessica Alba is. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Olivia Wilde too. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. OMG! She's teh awesomez! |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. I answer this the same way I answer |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm not. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm reclaiming the word Liberal..... |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Every Progressive is also a Liberal but not every Liberal is a also Progressive. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. But in Canada, the full name of the Conservative Party is..... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. And the Liberal party isn't incredibly liberal too |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. ? Progressive party dates back to 1912 |
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ChicagoSuz219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was a hippie... |
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Barrymores Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think, therefore, I am. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. bingo. nt |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm not a big fan of labels, |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yep, and I'm a damned liberal, too. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh - and for a quick microcosmic gist of justice-as-fairness, just go see.... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. I realized a long time ago that conservatives never did a damned thing |
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SargeUNN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. for me, being a Liberal/Progressive is |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. Rawls opens the mind. Michael J. Sandel's "JUSTICE" will polish the edges. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. Because I can do no other. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sorry to be picky, but I'm not "a" progressive... |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. To Defend The Powerless from the Powerful |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because: |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. My Grandpa Warned Me about Republicans at an Early Age. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Welcome to DU! n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. I was a "Red Diaper Baby". Socialist at birth, moved left from there. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. So you hate FDR? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I don't hate anybody. I'm an Anarchist. |
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Beako (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. I haven't become a sexist racist homophobe yet |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's the only logical way to be. And welcome to DU. n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. A society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. Because I have a heart and care about people. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Because I'm too damn smart |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
39. Simple... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm sure I was born that way. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. Because I believe that things can always be better... |
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caitxrawks (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. because i am just such a damn softie. |
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PhoenixAbove (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. I went from nothing to Progressive |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
44. Progress > Stasis |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
45. Because I favor gay rights, national health care, civil rights and oppose war, bigotry, police state |
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