S-P: Sorry, O’Reilly, you got the “P” wrong
Posted on May 17, 2007
Filed Under Reason, Media |
In his book Culture Warrior, Bill O’Reilly coined the term Secular-Progressive (S-P) to refer to that group of American’s–mostly elitist academics and politicians–who champion a decidedly liberal agenda; a secular agenda bent on removing all references to God and religion from any public conversation or policy.
At some point in times past, liberals usurped the term progressive to describe themselves, much as they have done with the term liberal. By designating themselves as progressive, the intent of this segment of society is to trick the masses into believing that their liberal beliefs and the policies that they would espouse and impose are just that–progressive–meaning that they would engender progress in society.
This is just silly. An examination of the liberal agenda reveals beliefs and desires that are far from new, having been espoused by many societies of the past (see Roman Empire in your local encyclopedia). The thing is, these societies are now reduced to little more than archaeological relics, having died off in one way or another after only a few hundred years.
Hardly a history that indicates progress.
Rather, O’Reilly should use the “P” in S-P to describe these people as they really are: permissive. The term progressive should be taken back by those people who truly believe in positive change and progress. Contrary to the liberal assertion, this kind of progress does not come from permissiveness. On the contrary, humanity is never more stymied in its progress than when it has become overly permissive–a fact proven by history. Look it up.
So, liberals, please be honest. What you truly want is a world without boundaries, without rules and restrictions. You don’t want progress, you want permission to behave however you will without consequences.
Best of luck to you on that. I’ll be sure to leave a note to future civilizations indicating that you were once part of a great society, but you decided to permit gay marriage and unfettered abortion and the negative birth rate that resulted ended in your demise.
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