Liberals, where have you gone? I know, I know everyone now is a progressive and I think that's a little disappointing. What does that mean, though? It means we gave in to the Republicans and Conservatives and lost control of the language surrounding politics.
How did we let this happen?
All I do is a search on Amazon for books on "liberals" and here is what I find:
How to Win a Fight with a Liberal by Daniel Kurtzman
The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness by Lyle H. Rossiter; Jr.; M.D.48
Liberal Lies About American History: (That You Probably Learned in School) by Larry Schweikart
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning by Jonah Goldberg
So, it's obviously not hard to break bad on Liberals and it obviously sells, how do we counteract this?
It takes some work to find books like this:
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman
I think we need to take the language back, call us who we really are liberals.
Just because conservatives don't like it too bad.
It's time to control the language of politics and bring liberal back and make the word "conservative" a dirty word.
Update
Thanks for the comments they are all very informative and I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, just look at the poll results.
Update #2
Almost 200 votes and well over 50% for liberal! I guess I should have a little more faith!