The differences between a conservative and a progressive

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It's very important that we understand the differences between a conservative and a progressive.

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What's the difference between a conservative and a progressive?

1. Conservatives and progressives have different views about individuals and communities.

Conservatives ask: “What can I do for myself, my family, my community, and my fellow citizens?”

Progressives ask: “What is unfair?” “What am I owed?” “What has offended me today?” “What must my country do for me?”

The traditional American ethic of achievement gives way to the progressive ethic of aggrievement.

As opposed to a variety of individuals making up one American community, progressives seek to place individuals in a variety of competing communities. The first creates unity. The second, identity politics.

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2. Conservatives and progressives have different views about diversity and choice.

For progressives, different ethnicities and gender identities are welcomed, but a variety of opinions and ideas are not.

Just look at two areas of public life dominated by the left. On college campuses, free speech is under attack. If you’re a conservative working at a social media company or using one of their platforms to share your views, you may find your job eliminated or your account deleted.

And when it comes to choice, progressives love the word, but they don’t want it to apply to our decisions on education, health care, and even how and where we live out our religious faith.

Conservatives take a different approach.

Parents, not the zip code they live in, should choose the school that is best for their child.

We all need health care, but we don’t all need the same kind or same amount. And while people should be free to live as they choose, no one should be forced to endorse or celebrate those choices if it violates their religious beliefs.

Conservatives say people should have choices. Progressives say one political solution fits all.

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3. Conservatives and progressives have a different view of “We the People.”

Whether it’s the Second Amendment, immigration, or putting limits on abortion, if we the people don’t pass laws progressives approve, they turn to judges, executive orders, and government bureaucrats behind closed doors to overturn the will of voters.

Whatever one may think about the wisdom of hiking the minimum wage, banning plastic straws, or removing controversial historical monuments, conservatives believe voters closest to the issues should be the ones making such decisions for their communities—not lawmakers in Washington or a panel of judges fives states away.

To sum it up, conservatives believe in individual rights, not special rights. Conservatives believe in allowing Texas to be Texas and Vermont to be Vermont. And conservatives believe we the people can vote with our feet about where we want to live and what laws we want to live under.

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Many people who are awake are conservatives but do not and will not support or associate themselves with the Republican Party because of people like Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, and Liz Cheney just to name a few on the federal level and people on the state level in Michigan like Mike Shirkey, Ed McBroom, and Steve Johnson just to name a few.

We need people in the positions in our state legislatures, governors, and United States Congress who are not in it for themselves and the money and those who are not tied to China and being used as puppets for China.

We need people who are true patriots who put God first and then We The People. Before we can build the Republican Party back up and build trust, confidence and respect, we need to drain the swamp of the Republican Party and get true patriots elected.

I believe we are going to see a lot of good changes in the 2022 mid-term election. I believe we are going to see good people getting elected and the bad people getting removed from office on all levels, local state and federal levels of our government.

We are the majority, and we have the power, and we are fed up and tired with the way our country is and has been being run for a very long time.

It's time to take our counties back, it's time to take our states back, and it's time to take our country back.

I truly believe that God has called of us for a time such as this to stand up and fight for our God given rights and freedoms like never before in the history of our nation.

God is in control and His plan is awesome! Everything will happen according to His plan and His time, we must all take action right now and be obedient to what God is calling each of us to do right now and not hesitate for one second.

God Bless You, God Bless Your Family, and God Bless America

Trevor Winchell
American Patriots Forum
7/8/2021