Matt Spalding on Progressivism's Assault on America's Founding

Heritage scholar Matt Spalding, author of We Still Hold These Truths, discusses the ideas of Progressive liberalism and how the Constitution stands in its way.

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[AreThereNoMoreNames]

Yeah, someone was trying to explain how the Founding Fathers wanted the Constitution to change to adapt to society, so I went ahead and found for them quotes from several of the founding fathers that said quite the opposite, that the Constitution is the basis for law, and should not, ever, be altered by the government for which it was written to keep in check.

[Blky9876]

@pandabead Is a common factor of the progressive movement that they REFUSE to hold to Judao Christian scripture itself?? Is that a common thread of belief? Today I heard Phyllis Bennis on cspan say disturbing anti Semetic, anti Israel things and she said she does not believe in God nor that God is able to be in "the real estate business" (never heard of her before today).

Is that common to the pm? all things are unknown and Gods word is not absolute? thanks.

[chiefbowlin45]

This is absolutely spot on. I actually, due to my unwillingness to bend to Political Correctness, call these people Marxists. I strongly urge all who read this to read Woodrow Wilson's speech "Socialism and Democracy" mind boggling and T. Roosevelt's "Who is a Progressive?" stunning. These writings mean something, every bit as do the Founders words.

[Blky9876]

How long has this progressive movement been around? what are its "motto's" ? Who are the promoters of it? I had heard of Glenn Beck for a while but never stopped to listen to what he says about the progressive movement until this weekend; And now Im on a quest to find out if its as bad as Beck claims? I like this video because it clearly talked about concepts and wasnt just name calling.

And Im wondering if Beck is wrong on progressives or not

[aaasssfffdddiii]

Progressivism is slowly killing America.

[Jitpring]

Get this book: Vindicating the Founders, by Thomas West.

[jtm2292]

@pandabead

Communism turned sour in the US when they saw that it wasn't the proletariat starting this upheaval in other countries like China and Russia, but authoritarian leaders like Mao and Stalin, whose interests disagreed with the people.

Progressivism is completely different. It does not seek to eliminate wealth or property, and also is something led by the grassroots elements of society in the promotion of civil rights, such as equal opportunity in education and workers' rights.

[jtm2292]

@pandabead The Communist Manifesto was written at a time in 19th century England where citizens worked sun up to sun down, with such conditions as little workers' rights, malnutrition, illiteracy, while the bourgeois enjoyed the fruits of production... Marx believed that eventually, the proletariat would get so angry that they would destroy the bourgeoisie and forge a new society based off the idea of no-property, no-wealth. This is impractical. It takes away the rights of the individual.

[jtm2292]

He is incorrect. Progressives favor the promotion of civil rights, communitarianism, and social justice. The reason they seek to interpret the constitution in their own way is because many of terms are, as he stated, ambiguous... like the definition of a human citizen, which is used so often but has changed so many times in our history. Progressives desire to bring whatever social criticisms they have to light through the law.

If progressive ideology didn't exist, neither would human rights.

[MasterAdam100]

Any sort of change to the left OR the right for better or for worse is considered progressive. It isn't a one sided issue.