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Ok? I never said it was the progressives of today.

• monocasa 8y ago
  Without context that you're using a word with a century old archaic definition, yes, the assumption is that the progressive movement of today has racist roots.
  • pitaj 8y ago
    The progressive movement can't just isolate itself from the evil, bigoted legacy it has. Modern progressives support most of the same policies, but for supposedly different reasons. They still see older progressives as heroes for implementing those policies, despite their bigoted intentions at the time.
    • monocasa 8y ago
      They're two different progressive movements. One that died out around 1920, and the current one today. Just because they use the same word, doesn't mean it's the same movement.