"Conservatives" and "Progressives"
Cho Se-hyon, in Old man blues, makes the following observation:
I've noticed my students using the above words in the same way, often hurling the label "conservative" as an epithet against the local Gyeongsangbukdo population or their professors (That's sure different from the US!). "Progressive," conversely, is often used as a synonym for open-minded and fair.
Cho Se-hyon, in Old man blues, makes the following observation:
- "The word, 'conservative,' has become an ugly and despised label since the self-appointed 'progressives' and 'reformists' have taken over power in this country. Thus, anyone - usually old men and women - who is wary, for instance, of communists in North Korea as well as in the South is a conservative, chauvinistic pig who is anti-people and anti-unification."
I've noticed my students using the above words in the same way, often hurling the label "conservative" as an epithet against the local Gyeongsangbukdo population or their professors (That's sure different from the US!). "Progressive," conversely, is often used as a synonym for open-minded and fair.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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