OPINION:
“Progressive” is the term now used by Democrats and their media allies to describe politicians on the far-left (i.e., those expressing the most radical, anti-capitalist, anti-American, most socialist positions). But the term has a misleadingly positive connotation and therefore should not be associated with individuals such as Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Maxine Waters, Cori Bush and their ilk.
These individuals and others like them advocate for such “progressive” programs as defunding the police, stifling free speech, teaching our children to disparage our country and turning the United States into a socialist state.
Amazingly, most conservatives in America and most members of the conservative media also have developed the habit of referring to these people as “progressive,” which is an absolute misnomer. Conversely, so-called progressives and their media cohorts use every demeaning term they can conjure up to describe conservatives, their positions and their supporters.
JERRY A. SCHATZ
Germantown, Tennessee
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