Armand1@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 days agoIs this is a crime in your country?lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1206arrow-down1imageIs this is a crime in your country?lemmy.imagisphe.reArmand1@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square35linkfedilinkfile-text
Presumably I’d at least end up on a list from this post, or if I already am on there, they’d add an underline.
minus-squareHapankaali@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·17 days agoIs it “progressive” to not ban flag desecration? I would just call it “not idiotic.”
minus-squareInfernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·17 days agoProgressive just means not idiotic before everyone else
minus-squareStaticFalconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 days agoPeople consider things like women’s rights progressive, but I would just call that common sense.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoAnything that improves upon the status quo or moves the needle in a positive direction is progressive. That’s the definition of progress.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 days agoThat’s what progressive means in the U.S. It’s why the idiots are so afraid of it.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days ago on this issue Seems like a very clear and appropriate use of language to me.
Is it “progressive” to not ban flag desecration? I would just call it “not idiotic.”
Progressive just means not idiotic before everyone else
People consider things like women’s rights progressive, but I would just call that common sense.
Anything that improves upon the status quo or moves the needle in a positive direction is progressive. That’s the definition of progress.
That’s what progressive means in the U.S. It’s why the idiots are so afraid of it.
Seems like a very clear and appropriate use of language to me.