Reply #31: Okay, but my point wasn't about what they do to "us".

[Jakes Progress]

Progressives also get upset over what is happening to others, to humanity in general. I'm royally pissed about the health care debacle even though I already have adequate coverage and decent care. I can't understand why we are still spending even more money on wars that we know were not called for in one case and poorly executed in another, but I'm passed the age of service as are my children. I'm straight, but find the administration's rhetoric only stance toward those issues reprehensible. Mostly I watch the thousands and thousands of families ruined and lives made desperate because there are no jobs. This also doesn't affect me personally.

The centerists are in my position but don't really care about those issues. They lack compassion. They see any progress in those areas as things that will cost them tax money or prestige or political power or just spite points. Lacking compassion, they are willing to jettison anyone else to get their way. Progressives will toss some overboard to save others. This isn't a matter of first responders volunteering to save others. It is choosing which child you will give up to save another, choosing whether you get to keep the museum or the clinic. For us it is people. For them it is money.