Barbara A Levin - the Delicate Oak Tree
Well, I know I’m delicate like an oak tree. Well, an oak tree knows it’s principles and stands up straight. Unlike the present Congress. So, you know what your values are and you stand up for them. Some people on the right do that too, but I have a problem with their values. That’s the metaphor.
And the tree has deep roots. Goes into the ground. There’s your grassroots. How’s that? You like that? Made it up on the spot.
William Francisco Grisolia - Sailing Ships
Conservative values on one hand would like to see the status quo, they’d like more of the same. They believe the ship is sailing and with minor course corrections we can sail on to progress in society.
Progressives on the other hand think the ship either is sinking or needs to turn around, or you need more ships, etc. That’s the contrast with that simple analogy.
Richard J Wagner - Open Land
A metaphor for progressive values. The term progress itself means improvement – continuously. Not just the U.S., but everyone in the world. We have a potential that is not even being beginning to be tapped because of repression and strife in the world. People are expending energies in the wrong directions.
A metaphor for progress would be working together to achieve prosperity, freedom and enlightenment and success for everyone.
Edwin: If progressive values was a piece of land, what kind of land would it be?
Answer: Open land, a land in which everyone was free to share resources in a fair and equitable way. A land continuously improving, that wasn’t wasted away or overused. A land regulated in a way where everyone could be ensured it would get better and better in the future. Things would grow – instead of barren and dusty soil you’d have shade and streams and productivity. That’s what progress means – improvement.
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