[lbo-talk] Re: Political Cartography

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 20 17:16:46 PST 2004



><marvgandall at rogers.com> wrote:
>
>>Well, "hi, I'm a liberal" seems like the kiss of death in American
>>politics,
>>so why not try "hi, I'm a communist" and see how that works out?
>>MG
>
> Or use the Old Left weasel word, "progressive."
>
>--
>Michael Pugliese

Why is progressive a weasel word? I use it quite frequently and I never though of myself as being a weasel for doing so. Although most "weasely" people probably don't identify themselves as such.

John Thornton



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