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In reply to the discussion: Apparently Progressive now means [View all]BainsBane
(57,764 posts)The Progressive Movement was a middle-class reform movement. That is a historical fact. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Era The labor leaders at the time often were anarcho-syndicalists, not Progressives reformers. Progressive-era presidents used the power of the federal government against unions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Era
Your citation from the current US House or magazine articles is not evidence for the turn of the 20th century.
As for the contemporary use of the term, you can thank the sanctimonious keyboard warriors for disparaging it. I am simply telling you how I have seen it used for the past couple of years, and it's become increasingly narrow since.
The tweet in the OP reflects the kind of hypocrisy and absurdity many of us have seen espoused under the guise of progressivism. That experience is widespread. It is not in any way meant to disparage the causes and activism that you outline.