Liberal: Progs Have Abandoned Progressivism “Today’s progressives aren’t really progressive in the true sense of the term,” contends The Liberal Patriot’s Ruy Teixeira. “The quintessential moral commitment of midcentury progressives was to make American society truly colorblind.” Now, progs “favor color-conscious remedies like affirmative action.” They view “merit and objective measures of achievement . . . with suspicion.” Progressives used to be steadfast defenders of free speech,” but now, they inflate free expression “with ‘violence’ and ‘harm’ and making people feel ‘unsafe.’” And they “prize goals like fighting climate change, procedural justice, and protecting identity groups above prosperity.” “So can...