It's clear to me that the first African-American POTUS is a catalytic president.

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87. I'm pretty sure I don't deserve your bile. I was hoping to challenge the OP to

learn a little more about what 'reactionary' means, at least insofar as the term is used in politics.

If one thinks of politics as a linear spectrum, with fascism on the far right and communism on the far left, historically -- at least since the French Revolution when the concepts of 'left' and 'right' were born out of the French National Assembly's physical seating of various factions -- conservatives and reactionaries have occupied the right portion of the spectrum. Whereas conservatives have historically wanted any change that comes to go more slowly, reactionaries actually wish to reverse changes, to take society back in time to a place x number of years earlier. (On the left side of the spectrum, liberals wish for change 'with all deliberate speed' (to quote SCOTUS), while progressives and revolutionaries want that change to come with even greater speed.)

So, when Republicans say they wish to reverse Roe v. Wade or sharply curtail voting rights, one can rightly term those policy positions 'reactionary,' since they indicate a desire to reverse changes that are established fact in American society. I on the other hand wish to push those changes further and faster. In my case, this means government-funded reproductive services on demand and same-day in-person voting registration on election-day at the polls. There is no way a professional political scientist will term my stances on these and other issues 'reactionary,' this OP notwithstanding.

I hope this satisfies the burden of providing a fleshed-out definition in your mind. Let me know what you think.