[dalbasal]

Isn't everything in "cultural" politics reactionary? Civil rights to segregation. Neoliberalism to libertarianism, etc. What does something being reactionary actually tell us about the thing. In a sense, most campaigns are reactionary. They focus on FUDing the opposition more than positively promoting themselves.

IMO, reactionary is more descriptive of political climates than movements. When antagonism is a primary/defining motivator, all reactionary cliches show up. There are, obviously, movements than lean in.