Progressives have a significant history of intolerance

R1: The Progressive Founding FathersI use the term founding fathers in a way to signify they were the most prominent leaders of the Progressives.Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt indeed did endorse the book (1). My opponent ask me to give more examples of the intolerance of Teddy Roosevelt, I will honor your request and give you some more examples.Teddy Roosevelt supported the mass slaughter and removal of Native Americans (2) which shows he was intolerant of Native Americans. He also was extremely racist against blacks in fact he even refused to reward the black troops who fought in the Battle of San Juan Hill (3). He also belied that blacks were inferior to whites (3). That is intolerance.Woodrow WilsonMy opponent states that we cant conclude that progressives support the bill, but we also can prove they didn't support the act so we must use a different measure. That closet measure was a presidential ranking poll that was conducted in 1982 by Murray-Blessing Survey which divided up historians by political ideology and the liberals ranked Woodrow Wilson as the top 6th president (4). With this information we can assume that the left approves of Woodrow Wilson's performance as president. Another thing my opponent says is that we must look at a persons tolerant actions to determine the person intolerance I find that irrelevant and ignorant it doesn't matter if that person was tolerant to other groups, that doesn't make that person any less intoleranceWilliam Howard TaftMy opponent brings up William H Taft which was a progressive in name only so I don't consider him a progressive. In fact when the GOP split in 1912 Taft joined the conservatives and in fact sided with the conservatives constantly in policy issues (5).R2: Second Generation ProgressivesHerbert HooverYou are completely wrong Herbert Hoover was objected to conservatism and even described himself as a conservative (6). I don't need to explain his actions because first we all know what they were and second there similar to FDR.FDROk let me start off with this saying FDR isn't a progressive is like saying Ronald Reagan wasn't a conservative. A progressive website even said that FDR's policies is what TR and Wilson advocated (7). Need I say more.R3: Modern Day ProgressivesGeorge H.W. BushWhen someone says Bush 43 they mean George W Bush not H.W. BushObamaObama said himself that he was a progressive (8). Also my opponent says that since Obama is a person of faith he cant be intolerant of people of faith this is irrelevant once again and doesn't make him any less intolerant. Also it is intolerance because he has ignored the church, its against there religious teachings and if Obama doesn't care that makes him intolerant to religion.C1: Most ProgressivesAgain there is no measure of all progressive intolerance therefore to judge the progressive ideology we must judge there representatives and organizations.Planned ParenthoodAs we know Planned Parenthood is a prominent progressive organization and the founder was a progressive (9). This organization was founded on racial grounds Margaret Sanger's say Birth Control as a way as limiting minorities from reproducing (10). This shows she is intolerant and this represents progressives because it is a prominent progressive organization and they continue to represent her values in fact they call her a hero (11).Maxine WatersMaxine Waters is one of the more modern leaders of the progressives today. I don't need to say much about her we already know who she is. One of her intolerant actions is telling the tea party to go to hell (12). This shows she is intolerant towards conservatives. She represents progressive because this is who the progressives elected to represent them in congress.Boy Scouts of AmericaIn more modern history the Boy Scouts were attacked from not letting a homosexuals join the Boy Scouts the decision went to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court ruled saying that the Boy Scouts have the right to not let homosexuals join the boy scouts. But Democrats in congress weren't happy and decided to make a bill that would repeal the federal charter given to the Boy Scouts in 1916. The only people to co-sponsor the bill were part of the Progressive Congressional Cactus. (13). That is another example of intoleranceConclusionAs it stands 83% of Progressive Presidents have been intolerant and I have proved that most progressives can be labeled as intolerant because of the people who represented them and the organizations affiliated with them.TR- IntolerantWilson- IntolerantTaft- Not a progressiveHoover- Intolerant FDR- IntolerantGeorge W Bush- TolerantObama- IntolerantMost Progressives- IntolerantCitationshttp://shop.wermodandwermod.com...-2. race.htmlhttp://aaenvironment.blogspot.com... 3.http://naturalselectionanddarwinism.com...4.http://en.wikipedia.org...5.http://www.conservapedia.com...6.http://progressingamerica.blogspot.com...7.http://www.theprogressiveprofessor.com...8.http://www.democrats.com...9.http://www.nwhm.org...11.http://www.plannedparenthood.org...12.http://www.realclearpolitics.com...10.http://liveaction.org...13.http://www.tysknews.com...