Comments on: Have Progressives Lost Their Moral Compass?

By: stan

stan — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:43:58 +0000

(18) docpine,

What he said! Roger deserves major props. And the other authors. They do a great job, especially given the wide range of beliefs evident among the commenters here.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:33:18 +0000

Roger, I think the graphic is actually quite good.

Maybe the point here is to ask who the real progressives are?

By: David Bruggeman

David Bruggeman — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:04:25 +0000

Roger,

Here’s the link to the original graphic, hosted at the Center for American Progress’s Action Fund (a related entity to CAP, focused on Congressional and statehouse action).

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/aboutus

You’ll need to scroll down a bit.

Too bad there’s not an ombudsman or similar person at CAP to which one could complain. Romm and company are, hopefully unintentionally, denigrating the good work of a lot of other people that can have civil debate.

By: Roger Pielke, Jr.

Roger Pielke, Jr. — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:45:33 +0000

Thanks docpine, it is a pleasure to have your contributions here.

By: docpine

docpine — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:43:30 +0000

Roger,
visiting the link above “Who is Roger Pielke jr.” above, I looked at the comments and realized how civilized Prometheus bloggers are compared to others. Thank you Roger for sharing your opinions, and thank you Promethe-ites for sticking to mostly respectful, thoughtful discourse.

By: Roger Pielke, Jr.

Roger Pielke, Jr. — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:14:50 +0000

http://www.examiner.com/x-4112-Skepticism-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Who-is-Roger-Pielke-Jr

By: Roger Pielke, Jr.

Roger Pielke, Jr. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:52:13 +0000

14- I got it from this post by Ted Nordhaus:

http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/04/deconstructing_joe_romm_a_prim.shtml

By: jessicaweinkle

jessicaweinkle — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:49:04 +0000

Isn’t this written like a newspaper horoscope? Anyone can be a progressive and anyone who is not all those other things is a progressive. Are there people who hope not to be called progressive or rather “no thank you, I’d rather be called selfish”? If one is trying to divide progressives from others the pie chart doesn’t necessarily do a good job. I suppose if I choose not to align with progressives I am in turn a self absorbed idiot. It’s right up there with not wanting to be the one to leave a child behind. While it does call non-progressives names, it in a sense, makes everyone progressive- just like things will change for you on the 3rd so look out for a new person in your life.

By: David Bruggeman

David Bruggeman — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:43:26 +0000

Sorry to be a link hog, Roger, but I’d like to take a look at where that chart is, on the off chance that it could be aspirational rather than proscriptive. Yeah, I occasionally retain some optimism in humanity. That and I have interacted with enough people who work or have worked for CAP and write for them to know that there are just a few bad apples there. That you managed to interact with most or all of them is unfortunate.

By: Alex B

Alex B — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:59:23 +0000

Sorry to hear about your bad experiences Roger. I think your doing great work so hold your head up.