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Originally posted by jester:
[b]This sneering condescension of a large part of Canadian society goes a long ways in explaining why leftists are not taken seriously-why they are always( to their amazement)on the outside looking in.[/b]
Progressive thinking has been the root of much good, jester. For example, the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s was established, not by conservatives who fought it every step of the way, but by "progressives". There are countless examples of "progressive" ideas that were, at the time, rejected by status quo conservatives. That is no doubt the case with many "progressive" ideas being debated today.
And, I think the condescending "sneering" is often from both sides of the political spectrum.