America, at its core, is a progressive nation. It is a nation focused on moving forward. Founded on the idea of escaping religious persecution, America has always been an ideal of progress and the relentless pursuit of that goal. We don't always get it right. Throughout our history the forces of evil - greed, prejudice, hate - have occasionally taken the reigns of power and exerted their darkness over our people. But because America is about progress, about reaching for the stars and trying again when you don't quite get there, these enemies of progress inevitably fail. They may appear to have the support of our people, but inevitably the good triumphs.
It is time for a new Progressive Era in America. Progressives understand what conservatives do not, that looking backwards, looking to some mythical image of 1950s era domesticity as the paragon of freedom is a fool's game. As such, progressives must now more than ever embrace the values of progressive culture wholeheartedly without delay. [my em]
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Go read the rest at Oliver Willis or I'll subject you to another excerpt from one of my books that illustrates this point.
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