The author said: > Also, let’s stop mincing words for a second: a big part of the issue is that these messages are progressive, and reflect a progressive agend

The author said: > Also, let’s stop mincing words for a second: a big part of the issue is that these messages are progressive, and reflect a progressive agenda. The author is speaking specifically about the messages that come from the Rust core team (in their capacity as the Rust core team), and identifies three examples. While all of them are things that most US-based people who describe themselves as progressive probably agree with, none of them are particularly progressive and only the police brutality one is particularly US-centric.