eta: Or from the Right's perspective: Communist.
This is my problem.
I'm writing a letter to the board of elders at my church and don't want to say "liberal," because they'll probably write off my entire letter. And it's a good letter. Grrrr...
How's "socially moderate" sound?
How's "socially moderate" sound?
"Socially not-fucking-insane"?
How's "socially moderate" sound?
Reads as: Godless communists!
I've heard "socially conscious."
"Socially not-fucking-insane"?
Heh. I actually had a moment of thinking that I'd put "socially sane."
Reads as: Godless communists!
Really? Ok. Nebbermind.
I've heard "socially conscious."
Oooo...I like that.
LJ is working again. After all flouncing off isn't much use if you can't flounce back to see who missed you, right?
Skipping ahead to say: When I decided to play musicals all day while cleaning/moving and when I further decided I would start with the first one I came to... I didn't realize it was going to be
The Wall
and now my day is starting out all twisted and weird.
vw, I like "socially conscious", but (without knowing the subject of the letter) I wonder if reframing the issue as as something other than red/blue would be more effective in keeping them from shutting you out?
(Unless the red/blue is the actual issue. In which case it's kind of weaselly to avoid it...)
I'm trying to describe that I'm in the interesting position of being theologically conservative while being socially liberal.
And the more I think about it, the more I think that socially conscious won't work, because it insinuates that people who are theologically conservative aren't socially conscious, which will also cause problems (no matter what *my* thoughts on that particular issue are).