Glenn Beck Dictionary
Glenn Beck University is NOT an accredited University. It is a series of classes that anyone can “take” for a fee. It is an “unaccredited online education program.” Judging by the use of terminology by those in GlennBeckistan, I hesitate to even mention it as an “education program.” It can be found here: http://www.glennbeck.com/becku/
What I really wanted to discuss today is this misuse of terminology, mainly by the New Right, the Teabaggers, Libertarians and everyone else marching around angry that a Black President wants to give people health care.
The term “Progressive” is being thrown a lot. I fear that many people do not even know what a Progressive is, or what Progressivism really was. The Progressive Era started in the end of the 1800′s and lasted until the 1920′s. Progressivism is marked by several characteristics:
- Progressives were against corruption. They had “muckrakers” that exploited corporate and government waste and abuse. They stood against any form of corruption.
- Progressives believed in education, science and technology.
- Progressives believed in the power of democracy over the elite.
- Progressives were for Prohibition, and wanted to alter the Constitution to promote ‘morality.’
- Progressives believed in government regulations against monopolies and unfair wage practices.
