Mon
Jul 30 2007
02:17 pm
What makes this a Progressive Blog?
By: WhitesCreek

Some folks label Knoxviews as a "Liberal" blog but I would promote the term "progressive" as a better fit, since several of us like certain "conservative" ideas as opposed to classic liberalism, but we, as a group, certainly tend to lean away from the right with a few exceptions.

What I think sets Progressive blogs apart is the "Where's your evidence?" response to most blog threads. If you can't back it up, prepare to do battle with the forces of truth, which we've all learned first hand at one time or another.

It's tough to get away with a hit and run post in these here parts, as the great Lobster Tale would illustrate.

Now we know more than we want about the price of tail in Knoxville.

R. Neal's picture

Now we know more than we

Submitted by R. Neal on Mon, 2007/07/30 - 6:32pm.

Now we know more than we want about the price of tail in Knoxville.

I think that right there qualifies this is a progressive blog.

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What makes it a progressive blog?

Submitted by captainkona on Mon, 2007/07/30 - 6:32pm.

Lack of regression.

People having conservanoid views isn't the problem at all. It's people that have conservanoid views and allow those views to do damage to others, that's the problem.

The essence of this is...

When Liberals lead, Conservatives are free to be Conservatives. When Conservatives lead, Liberals are discriminated against and persecuted.

Thus the question...
Who is right and who is wrong? There is no "Center". No middle ground. Not any more.
No one wants to be a ditto head for either side. But the fact is that politics in America is a lot different than it once was.
Ultimately, we must all choose a side lest we become trivialized like those DLC clowns that can't even get their own candidates to show up at a conference.


"The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open."

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certain "conservative" ideas... & When liberals lead...

Submitted by cooperhawk on Mon, 2007/07/30 - 7:02pm.

I am not saying you are wrong, but I am not sure I understand the logic of the first & third comments, could you please provide a little more "evidence"? (The second comment made perfect sense.)

"Dont open your mind so much that your brains fall out."

Tamara Shepherd's picture

(Snicker)

Submitted by Tamara Shepherd on Mon, 2007/07/30 - 7:11pm.

"Don't open your mind so much that your brains fall out."

Now, I don't care who ya are, that there's funny! (No offense intended, captainkona.)

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