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> third wave" of Progressive activism, which is based on expanding the civil rights movement. > The first wave Progressives wanted nothing to do with civil rig
by knolax 6y ago
> third wave" of Progressive activism, which is based on expanding the civil rights movement.
> The first wave Progressives wanted nothing to do with civil rights, and most were virulent and unrepentant racists
> All three groups advocate for nearly identical policies
All three of these statements can't be true at once.
- a1369209993 6y agoThey use "based on" to mean "using a stated goal of "expanding the civil rights movement" as a justification for their policies [despite those policies being nearly identical the policies advocated by first wave Progressives]", not to claim that third wave Progressives actually act in manner consistent with "expanding the civil rights movement" as a terminal goal.