Before I left Reddit we had a bunch of self-assigned Progressives on an overtly liberal subreddit (the kind where you tag your ideology with flair) brigade a Je

Before I left Reddit we had a bunch of self-assigned Progressives on an overtly liberal subreddit (the kind where you tag your ideology with flair) brigade a Jewish person for simply existing. That spawned a lot of conversations where I saw a familiar pattern: 1. Excuse making and reasoning 2. Anger and argumentation 3. Flight or acceptance That day, the subreddit mourned a bit. I think people's ideals were semi-dashed realizing that hate could make it's way into such a party. To me, the hate wasn't surprising. I left (big P) Progressivism within a year. In conversations with other Progressives I noticed a few trends: - Veterans were nearly left out of intersectionality. Some are overtly hostile and don't realize they are (or don't care). - American Progressives focus on race rather than, or in addition to, class limits their interpretation of the world and overtly excludes serving places like rural areas without belittling or disregarding them. - Their stark views on the way society should be prevents them from making incremental plans that people can be moved on over time. - Their language is, frankly, hostile a good amount of the time when directed outward. It very much creates an atmosphere of a team sport which is brutal. I'm not alone in these interpretations and if you search there's actually a rather large swath of liberals looking for something new. I'm looking forward to whatever we build next.