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Topic	What's with these progressive commercials
ParanoidObsessive 07/11/18 3:11:00 PM #11:	Kyuubi4269 posted... Metal_Mario99 posted... Blorfenburger posted... Im confused. Are you talking about the company Progressive or progressive as society moving forward "Progressive" doesn't mean society moving forward. Ironically, it often means the opposite. progress noun prrs development towards an improved or more advanced condition. What he means is that there are many people who claim to be "Progressive" specifically to evoke the definition you are citing, but whose ideology is actually incredibly reactionary, regressive, or otherwise destructive to the point of being the literal opposite of what they are claiming to be. For at least some time in the US in the early 20th century, "Progressive" was pretty much a code used by people with socialist leanings who didn't want to refer to themselves as "Socialist", because in the US "Socialist" was/is pretty much a dirty word. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:904894290] in What's... [t:76797104]...</cite> <quote><cite>Kyuubi4269 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Metal_Mario99 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Blorfenburger posted...</cite> <quote>Im confused. Are you talking about the company Progressive or progressive as society moving forward</quote> "Progressive" doesn't mean society moving forward. Ironically, it often means the opposite.</quote> <quote>progress noun prrs development towards an improved or more advanced condition.</quote></quote> What he means is that there are many people who claim to be "Progressive" specifically to evoke the definition you are citing, but whose ideology is actually incredibly reactionary, regressive, or otherwise destructive to the point of being the literal opposite of what they are claiming to be. For at least some time in the US in the early 20th century, "Progressive" was pretty much a code used by people with socialist leanings who didn't want to refer to themselves as "Socialist", because in the US "Socialist" was/is pretty much a dirty word. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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