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58. I don't identify anymore as a progressive

Since doing so would have me sign on to specific policies I am not yet entirely committed to. I also find I do not fit what I feel to be the “right” ideological stance across the curriculum, so to speak.
Now I thought it ok on DU to fit more of a centrist democrat mold, as I am seeing I must if I do not meet the criteria to be a “true” progressive.
I certainly endorse some progressive ideas and policies. But I do not subscribe to every solution progressives as a group have decided on.
So I am having a political identity problem.
I admit I don’t like the notion of being on or off the bus, i.e., on the wrong or the right side of issues. First of all, in the context having the “right stuff” to be a post-midterm progressive, it seems group credentialing is candidate driven.
If I support Biden, I am a priori not a progressive.
And from a progressive perspective, Biden’s record is static. If he was not for busing and affirmative action in 1973, he is perforce, for 2020, insensitive to issues affecting POC.
If he voted to authorize the president to invade Iraq, later criticism of the war does not count.
Anyone is welcome to correct me a) on my understanding of what a progressive is b) my implied criticism of progressive-think.