Whats the difference between Progressive and Liberal?

[indianablue]

Or is Progressive just a new word fro Liberal since the right wing bad mouthed it so much ?

Liberal isn't a bad word I guess some are ashamed to say it.

[skylarmae]

1. labels, labels....we don't need no stinkin labels!

[freeplessinseattle]

2. hmm, well, I consider myself a progressive liberal..

now try to figure that one out!

[ClassWarrior]

3. Roosevelt and Stevenson were liberals.

But we live in Progressive times. And Progressive times need Progressive values.

NGU.

[neebob]

5. What's progressive about these times?

Seriously.

[Taxloss]

6. These are regressive times.

The whole Enlightenment is under assault.

[LoZoccolo]

4. Self-righteous affect. n/t

[Jackie97]

7. Progressive is an old word.

It comes from at least the early 1900s.

I think it's a better word than liberal for two reasons.

1) The US and the rest of the world disagree about what the word liberal means. In the rest of the world, a liberal is pretty much a fiscal conservative. I believe a fiscal conservative can be a social liberal, but that's besides the point. The point is that this is a confusing word. Whether we're in the US or elsewhere, people know what a progressive is.

2) People have turned liberal into a dirty word. I think we should use the word progressive to show people what a liberal really is. A liberal isn't somebody who wants to turn back the clock and take away all the freedom fought for when this country was founded. A liberal is somebody who wants the system to "progress". That's a progressive.

[proud patriot]

8. ZERO

IMO