The Moral Vocabulary of Progressives
"Moral" = Conforming to a standard of right behavior.
"Vocabulary" = words used on a particular occasion or in a particular sphere.
"Progressive" = person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.
By "vocabulary" I will refer to words frequently used in that "particular sphere" of human conduct pertaining to "a standard of right behavior," that is, words about what specific conduct, from the speaker’s perspective, makes people "moral" (good) or "immoral" (bad). Moral vocabularies are powerful instruments of social and political control, which is why the moral vocabulary of the power-clique (promulgated through the legacy media) is a highly enforced monopoly. Those compelled to use your moral vocabulary are those who, morally speaking, will think like you and act like you want them to act...
One thing to note at the outset is that progressives tend to be fairly well educated, that is, "educated" in the sense of having collected a "degree" beyond high school at a college or university. That in itself is a fairly reliable progressive marker since the moral vocabularies they deploy are often acquired through the common misnomer, "higher education."..
"Racist" has proved to be a useful tool for mobilizing the enforcers of progressive morality and by sheer repetitive force has come to mean, "a moral failing that surpasses all others," a failing that makes the non-compliant, as our proudly progressive Hillary Clinton so delicately put it, "irredeemable."...
Four Types of Racism
- Internalized or Personal Racism
- Interpersonal Racism
- Institutional Racism
- Structural Racism ...
To call yourself a "progressive" is first and foremost an act of conspicuous self-affirmation – virtue signaling, as we currently refer to it...
Progressives are like children, but don’t expect them to put away childish things. Don’t expect progressive-men to become men.