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Progressives are not lazy, irrational murderers

In his columns about liberals and progressives, Dennis Kemp describes us as lazy, irrational murderers.

It is unfortunate that Mr. Kemp is poorly informed. I will address just a couple of his misunderstandings, those on government and on welfare.

Mr. Kemp says that progressives believe that government should control almost every aspect of our lives. As a progressive, I can assure you that I do not want government to dictate most aspects of my life. I dont know any progressive who would say they want government control.

When we think of government, we do not think of dictatorship. We want democracy, where everyone gets to participate in deciding what laws we must live by. Read socialist party websites for yourself.

Many, if not most, socialists are non-conformists. We dont want to dress like everyone else, do the same work as everyone else, or have all of the same possessions as everyone else. We like our individuality. That is a typical socialist view.

As to welfare, specifically, Mr. Kemp claims that progressives think that people should be able to demand public support, without ever having to work. That is untrue. While some people have handicaps that make it difficult for them to hold regular jobs, that is not true of the vast majority of us.

Rather than have healthy people sit around doing nothing, socialists want all people to have jobs. If you dont believe it, go to a socialist party website and see for yourself. Socialists want to work. We dont want handouts for nothing. In fact, socialists promote full-employment policies, which conservatives oppose.

It would be nice if people would educate themselves about the variety of political views that exist in this country. I know that seeking an accurate understanding of the diversity of views is time-consuming. However, it is important that we understand one another. Then, we could have conversations based on what we actually think, rather than based on false distortions of one anothers ideas.

Dr. Jesse Chanley

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