tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10323166.post3210922828693154295..comments2023-09-06T10:14:47.668-04:00Comments on Blue Skies Today: Scouting and Culture WarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10323166.post-33808714962842794302008-05-28T15:51:00.000-04:002008-05-28T15:51:00.000-04:00Both the terms 'liberal' and 'conservative' have c...Both the terms 'liberal' and 'conservative' have changed over the years. Further, those terms have been used broadly for groups of people who sometimes disagree with others with those labels. Thus you get people who modify these terms as being a "this kind" of liberal or a "that kind" of convervative.<BR/><BR/>Because of these changing terms, I get very caution when someone uses these labels for people 2-3 generations ago, because it may not be appropriate.Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577632385379561930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10323166.post-15274750336541853672008-05-22T17:41:00.000-04:002008-05-22T17:41:00.000-04:00Well...I have been thinking about the term "libera...Well...<BR/>I have been thinking about the term "liberal" myself lately. I attended a private high school graduation ceremony during which the word "liberal" was used as a synonym for "evil" a number of times.<BR/><BR/>In this area of red state-blue state and the like, such labels often deteriorate to name calling. People often attach perjorative connotations to labels associated with people with whom they do not agree.<BR/><BR/>As a child, I was taught that "socialists" were one step away from "Communists." Communism was definitely a synonym for evil.<BR/><BR/>I will always remember visting a Republican campaign headquarters as a young man of thirteen in 1968. A band was playing "This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie. They were practically shouted down for playing the work of a socialist. I thought those people were pretty messed up then - and Is till do today.<BR/>--RonRon Edmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718362453907611566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10323166.post-5377470216072932922008-05-22T17:01:00.000-04:002008-05-22T17:01:00.000-04:00I have this book and have my own issues with it. ...I have this book and have my own issues with it. While you can't fault the sincerity of the author, he does have some factual errors on scouting and its history and basis.<BR/><BR/>That said, Nelson Block is also mistaken in some of what he says. Glaring to me is his apparent view that 'liberal' is a term that applies to people with the same view today as in the turn of the century. Not so. In the past, 'liberal' applied to people who believed in free markets and limited governement. Today such people are called 'classical liberals' or 'liberatarians' to separate them from those who have co-opted the term 'liberal' and should more properly be called 'socialists'.Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577632385379561930noreply@blogger.com