Initially, this followed a disastrous television interview with Dame Cath Tizard following her appointment as Governor General. “I remain a proud socialist”, she grandly told the interviewer, who then asked what she meant by socialism.
For 5 minutes Cath railed away about what she didn’t mean but viewers never learnt what she did, doubtless because she didn’t know. It simply sounded trendy.
Thereafter, socialist was replaced by the vacuous term “social democrat”. Jacinda used it frequently. But what does it mean? No user of it has ever been able to explain.
The most amusing language abuse by these lefty types is “activist” usually applied to protesters lying about in groups, holding signs complaining about this or that. Their major characteristic is inactivity.
The current fashionable ludicrously dishonest term these losers use to smother their now unfashionable “socialism” is “progressive”. Nothing could be more inaccurate. Collectivists are literally the very opposite of progressive; rather they’re ultra regressive, seeking to resurrect tried and failed big government statist policies of yesteryear.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE.
Thereafter, socialist was replaced by the vacuous term “social democrat”. Jacinda used it frequently. But what does it mean? No user of it has ever been able to explain.
The most amusing language abuse by these lefty types is “activist” usually applied to protesters lying about in groups, holding signs complaining about this or that. Their major characteristic is inactivity.
The current fashionable ludicrously dishonest term these losers use to smother their now unfashionable “socialism” is “progressive”. Nothing could be more inaccurate. Collectivists are literally the very opposite of progressive; rather they’re ultra regressive, seeking to resurrect tried and failed big government statist policies of yesteryear.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE.
5 comments:
Yes I've often thought what a daft term 'progressive' is - progressing towards what? Chaos!
Many terms are subjective to the speakers interpretation. Progressives should be trying to progress society for the benefit of everyone but nowadays they are just progressing their own Marxist/divisive/woke agenda.
So many people are still asking what woke means. The simple explanation is political correctness on steroids with a healthy dose of anti-anything-that makes-sense.
MC
Yes, George Orwell in action.
"Progressive"
Definition:-
a/ Socialist revolutionary.
b/ Republican supporter ( as in republic of Zimbabwe, Cuba, USSR - all those paradise peaceful, wealthy nations)
I have wondered how people describe progressive since for me it is reference to specifically education and the application of John Dewey and his disciples', ideology applied to education which has insidiously and gradually replaced traditional education. This genius wrote 50 books in the first half of the 20th century, on his philosophy and psychology of how society and schools should be organized. He was the first to incorporate Darwinism into a philosophy.He was strongly socialist bordering on communist and advocated purging schools of any traditional values. He was also more interested in having children grow into socialists than acquire knowledge in academic subjects. He selectively condemned any rote learning or learning to read by phonics.His written work is ambiguous and everyone who reads it gets a different interpretation. We,in the western world now have the product of his ramblings in catastrophic failure in our schools whereas up to the middle of the 20th century in NZ we were world class. Progressive has ended up being completely regressive. See 'Progressively Worse-the Burden of Bad ideas in British Schools' by Robert Peal free pdf.
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