{NOTE: this is not directed at the entire site, but at a certain portion of it. We all know who they are, because they engage in the behavior I am about to describe. If you do not engage in this behavior, it is not directed at you. Though I do encourage constant self-examination for ALL of US....for signs that the symptoms are setting in}
Presumably everyone here voted for Obama. Presumably, everyone here voted then, for Change.
So why are so many here fighting to preserve the status quo?
To paraphrase Einstein, You cannot simultaneously protect the status quo and prepare for Change.
CHANGE is active, not passive.
PROGRESS (as in Progressive) is active, not passive.
But the mass of people here is passive. The mass of people here does defend the status quo.
CONSERVATISM is defending the staus quo. It is working against change. Conservatism IS passive....as are the mass of people here.
There are even people here who challenge/attack those here who are not passive.
One day I was walking along the Washington Beach, the black beach in Washington, North Carolina with my father. I was about eight years old. I noticed a man with a bucket of crabs. The crab bucket did not have a top on it. I asked my father why the crabs were not able to escape. My father’s explanation taught me a valuable lesson.
My father said, "If there was only one crab in the bucket it would certainly escape. However, when there is more than one crab in the bucket, if one tries to crawl out, the other crabs would grab hold and pull it back down so that it would share the same fate as the rest of them."
That phenomenon, which is very easy to observe here, is the very definition of Conservatism.
And yet it is constantly practiced on this site.
By Progressives.....who when you point out that this is a Progressive site, cite the FAQ to claim it isn't, even though the owner and founder of the site has often referred to himself as a progressive. And who encourages the election of "better democrats." Better how? You ask? More progressive, that's how.
This IS a progressive site. I hereby declare it so!
Just as others declare it isn't.
If you want o argue that your definition is more valid, argue it with Markos, who constantly takes the progressive stand on issues.
Of course ALL Democrats are welcome here....
But aren't ALL, or at least shouldn't ALL Democrats be working for Change?
For Progressive Change?
Why not?
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We are in a time of transition. Transition between what should be exactly opposite worlds. The world of George Bush and Dick Cheney and the world symbolized by Obama's clarion call for Change.
Have YOU changed?
Or are YOU still living in that same old world where dissent and activism and CHANGE were put down and punished?
Examine yourself please.
We are OBVIOUSLY in a world and a time that absolutely requires great, deep, and meaningful Change. The status quo has plenty of Conservative defenders, it doesn't need you.
CHANGE needs you.
CHANGE is uncomfortable. Are you seeking comfort or are you seeking Change?
You cannot simultaneously have both.
As Thomas Paine said, in another time when great change was necessary...
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.....of Change.