(12-21-2020, 01:07 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-21-2020, 12:07 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: No way. Not sure where you're getting that idea.

In fairness, the Reagan Years certainly tainted the term Liberal and it lasted throughout the next two decades, which is sad because most of us are truly Classically Liberal even though we have significant differences of some opinions.

True, but you have to take into account that ‘progressives’ had been hijacking the liberal moniker for the prior decade to get their nose in the tent. It culminated with big tax and big government man Jimmy Carter. 

Reagan beat them back but the damage was done by that point. Liberalism and progressivism became synonymous for years after that. It’s only within the last 10 years, or so, that progressives have separated themselves by their continuous march to the left.

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