02-07-2018, 03:08 PM
(02-07-2018, 02:58 PM)michaelsean Wrote: It does sort of depend on who you are talking to. In the US we define liberal and conservative differently than what these writers do. We get it. Our liberals are actually lunatic fascists. But if you are talking to a group of people who are defining something one way, then you have to decide if you want to be right, or you want to be understood.
I understand what you are saying and, to an extent, I agree with you. However, words have meanings and they should be used appropriately. I feel like when we are discussing political ideologies, that is something we ought to work to be right about. I'm not going to sit here and point out how bias is used incorrectly often around here because it doesn't much change the conversation, but things like ideologies, or the difference between universal healthcare and single-payer are things that when we don't use commonly accepted definitions/descriptions then the conversation is pointless because no one will be talking about the same thing.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
