tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post3529650092705777429..comments2023-10-12T18:31:14.258-04:00Comments on Trapped in a Whirlpool: How Do We Define Ourselves?Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-67927505260782335752012-04-09T19:36:52.592-04:002012-04-09T19:36:52.592-04:00The definition of any ideology is general. Progres...The definition of any ideology is general. Progressive, as it applies to a set of ideologies is naturally even more general. <br /><br />I understand the term to be the view of using government & social forces to strive for equality of opportunity in all spheres. This together with the knowledge of the effects that social influences play in our lives promote policies like education, thescottross.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632822060893291800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418143622621465347.post-83010055218209283282012-04-09T19:18:22.821-04:002012-04-09T19:18:22.821-04:00In many ways I think Stephen Harper has provided t...In many ways I think Stephen Harper has provided the current definition of progressive.<br /><br />Certainly in my early political days, amongst my socialist peers, the idea of Liberals being considered progressives would have been laughable.<br /><br />The Liberals were always much closer to the Tories than the New Democrats, which we, as socialists considered to be on the right wing of the rwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512582677240907287noreply@blogger.com