Liberals and Leftists (Pt. II)

Yesterday's post featured an assertion by Dennis Prager that leftists (as opposed to liberals) corrupt everything they touch. In the following video Prager elaborates on how, exactly, he believes various aspects of our personal and social lives are corrupted by left-wing policies and also why leftism, or progressivism, is not synonymous with liberalism.

Prager opens the column upon which this video is based with this:

What is the difference between a leftist and a liberal?

Answering this question is vital to understanding the crisis facing America and the West today. Yet few seem able to do it. I offer the following as a guide.

Here’s the first thing to know: The two have almost nothing in common.

On the contrary, liberalism has far more in common with conservatism than it does with leftism. The left has appropriated the word “liberal” so effectively that almost everyone — liberals, leftists and conservatives — thinks they are synonymous.

But they aren’t.

You may disagree with Prager, but as you watch the video you might ask yourself how, and in what way, is he mistaken: