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In reply to the discussion: Bill Madden: I'm a progressive.. here's why I'm Voting for Joe Biden. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)The word progressive is SO toxically manipulated. I just read a couple articles on Vox and Vox links that called LW radicals liberals (! Sanders and his base despise liberals) and LW populists progressives, even though progress comes in a very distant second goal to smashing whatever progressive Democrats support.
In both cases, the articles wiped out the huge divide between Democratic and conservative/Republican voters by allocating most into a mid range called moderates. If we could just define that gone, I'd be with language corruption all the way. At least until it caused some other dreadful effect.
And of course this kind of "analysis" tosses Madden in with those who think losing to Republicans is hardly worse than losing to Democrats, certainly a totally acceptable risk.