Why We Should Stop Calling The Far-Left ‘Progressive’

Jacob FalachFebruary 8, 2023

A broad ideological label can identify almost any person in modern politics. Conservatives seek to preserve traditional values while libertarians aim to increase individual liberty and anarchists advocate the dissolution of the entire government. Although many labels may seem to suit their ideology, there’s one common moniker that can be misleading: progressive.

These are the people we see interacting with. “fiery but mostly peaceful protests,” Wearing and refusing to define women is unacceptable “p-word” To smash patriarchy, hats were worn while marching in Washington, D.C.

While the ideology of these troubled individuals makes them think they’re somehow creating progress, the reality is their far-Left activism is killing decades of positive change on multiple fronts. They are progressives, but we mislead everyone by indirectly lending them false credits.

Whether it be the transgender movement’s deterioration of women’s rights, the climate alarmist movement’s undermining of our economy, or BLM’s assault on race relations, the damage of progressives is evident.

It is obvious that race relations are causing problems.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech on August 28, 1963. “I Have a Dream” Speech during the march on Washington. Although the man had his faults, one line was his best. This speech It is a memory that remains in all of those who have studied American History. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

This revolutionary idea — that people should be judged for who they are instead of what they look like — was key in transforming the United States into the most just society that has existed in all of human civilization.

Unfortunately, after a generation’s worth of hard work to get here, many self-identifying progressives are abandoning this idea because it invalidates their victim complex.

An organization that used to be fighting for equality is now refusing to accept it.

According To “progressives” Robin DiAngelo is the author of The Best Leftist Propaganda Book. “White Fragility,” it doesn’t matter who you are or what you’ve done, if you are white you are complicit in racism. She goes as far as to state that “The simplistic idea that racism is limited to individual intentional acts committed by unkind people is at the root of virtually all white defensiveness on this topic.”

DiAngelo’s seemingly radical take, however, actually isn’t radical at all when you consider how many people and companies have embraced it. From black columnists like Jamilah Lemieux Say it Things like “we’ve never been safe in the presence of White people” Companies like Starbucks are using this idea to target their white employees with national racial training.

In his book “The Right Side of History,” Ben Shapiro shares his 2013 experience “72 percent of white Americans thought race relations were good, and so did 66 percent of black Americans; that statistic had remained relatively stable from 2001 through 2013. And yet our racial battles are now bloody and brutal, with renewed tribalism raging on all sides; by July 2016, just 53 percent of Americans said race relations were good, while 46% said they were bad.”

2019 marks 60 years since the landmark SCOTUS case. Brown v. Board of Education After declaring school segregation unlawful, the National Association of Scholars released a report titled “Separate but Equal, Again: Neo-Segregation in American Higher Education”.

Study of 173 colleges revealed that 42% had segregated residences and 46% had segregated orientation programs. 72% also hosted segregated graduation ceremonies.

Unlike the segregation of Jim Crow, this new neo-segregation doesn’t come from a place of institutionalized racial supremacy. Instead, it comes from a place that believes racism is only skin deep.

It is our responsibility as conservatives to preserve all that is good and American tradition. Those were things that might have been possible ten years ago, such as lower taxes or access to guns rights. Today it is about pushing back against one the most destructive ideologies of American history.

Although it is a small step, we can all make a difference by changing our vocabulary. The far-Left is anything but progressive, so let’s stop making it sound like they are.

Jacob Falach works as an associate producer for The Daily Wire. You can find him on Instagram at @thatjewishconservative.

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