[Noumenon]

Got to thinking about so-called 'progressives'...

[AlexW]

PROGRESSIVE...Code word for “neo-Marxist”.

[Oceander]

Not quite as nuanced a discussion as yours, but it does fit on a bumper-sticker:

[4rcane]

i hate them because EVERYthing, every policy that support actually does the opposite of their intention. ALL their policy hurt the poor and less fortunate in society

[AdvisorB]

bump for later reading.

[Valin]

I LOVE ‘progressives...properly cooked

[andy58-in-nh]

You understand everything about them that you need to know. Please know also that you have a great deal of company. Many of those who go along with the schemes of Progressives do not understand their true intentions or, in the alternative, manage to convince themselves that they are well-intentioned souls concerned only with the advancement of human kindness. Nothing could be further from the truth.

When individual rights are subsumed to the collective, very bad things happen. Always. It is up to those clear-headed enough to understand the true intentions and unavoidable consequences of collectivism to stop its advance, even in the interest of those fooled by its phony appeals to humanity, which serve to mask a desire for power and unearned wealth.

[APFel]

Self ping. Great essay.

APf

[RepublicanMeansAmerican]

Modern liberals have nothing in common with the original, real Progressives (who probably spin in their graves whenever the label is attached to our current wackos)

[Bean Counter]

[IamConservative]

The irony of the progressive message is that as an individual, you are not capable of governing yourself, but, some of us (government) are capable of governing all of us.

The “better than you at living” crowd as I call them.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Bump for later.

[Tainan]

Good Job.

"Progressive" is just another facade for libs & leftists to try and hide under.
Ain't foolin' anybody.

[WashingtonSource]

Progressive thought must be destroyed everywhere it exists and progressives driven from every perch and pillar and post where they occupy power and influence and driven into obscurity.

[Gaffer]

First off, to call a rabid, leftist liberal a ‘progressive’ is an accomodation I’m not willing to make. They are defective human beings, period. DNA fluke, character flaws, enzyme imbalance - whatever you want to ascribe to it - they are plainly mentally defective. And, with that realization they are no better than rabid dogs that need to be dealt with.

[GSWarrior]

The battle cry of progressives in America to the rest of us seems to be “your life sucks and if you don’t realize that you haven’t been paying enough attention.”

[Billthedrill]

A BTT. You left out personal hygiene, but otherwise it’s a pretty good case. ;-)

[Liberty Valance]

bttt

[who knows what evil?]

If you want to see how progressives think; spend a few months perusing the ‘reader’s comments’ in New England/left coast newspapers...it will make your skin crawl...