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One and Only, where does this propaganda come from? That darned liberal-controlled media? And how can liberals be degressive? If they were degressive, we'd call them reactionaries, or conservatives.
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First of all, only a fool believes that all media is left-leaning. More are probably left-wing than right, but there are some right-wing ones *coughFoxNewscough*.
Progressive is generally seen in a positive light while degressive is seen in a negative one. The left-wing has played on this mental association, making you think of the definition that refers to moving forward rather than one that merely refers to the progress of the government. The progress of the government, in my mind, is the degression of society; but because of the word trick, people subconsciously assume that the progress is of everything.
It's mostly a subconscious thing, but it does occur. You can't tell me that you would support a candidate called degressive over one called progressive if you knew nothing of the political views.
In any case, all political spectrums have their little tricks. A classic right-wing debate turner is to call everyone unpatriotic commie pinkos whom everything they have said is a lie; however, the left is quickly picking that up with the "Bush is an idiot because he can't talk well and everything he's ever said is a lie" line.
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