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Conservative Group Accidentally Reveals Its Secret Donors. Some of Them Are Liberal Orgs. (www.thedailybeast.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Has anyone noticed that the term "liberal" is being thrown around a lot and "progressive" is actively ignored?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Because they want to fan the confusion between economically liberal and socially liberal. It's probably done on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Because they know that "progressive" has a nice ring to it that makes it pretty plain what the associated values are. Everyone understands what "progress" means, and it's generally got a positive connotation.

But "liberal" sounds like someone who abuses their freedom overmuch. It has been turned into a dirty word.