[dekhn]

there's a bunch of liberal progressives on HN who flag stuff like this.

[codezero]

I wonder if it's someone else. I'm a liberal progressive and found this story interesting and worth the read.

[dekhn]

Probably. I don't think all progressive liberals downvote things like this.

[MrZongle2]

There's nothing "liberal" or "progressive" about that kind of activity, though.

I'd choose another term, but those seem to all be used (and abused) by those kind of people when they talk about their ideological opponents.

[dekhn]

Within the unversity cluster that Boghossian worked, this activity is predominantly progressive liberal because that describes the makeup of the campus. There is a very different orthodoxy if you visit conservative colleges.

[washadjeffmad]

Sorry, got a chuckle at that. Liberal Progressive is a pretty big oxymoron.

Neoliberals downvote anything that disagrees with their superior worldview and are identity politics proponents because it's an effective way to disrupt class and labor movements.

Progressives are the ones who want things like universal healthcare, a federal voting holiday, an end to private prisons, and for their taxes to go towards safety nets for their neighbors and communities instead of corporate bailouts and forever wars.

Neolibs want global trade agreements, stable monopsonies, and to have wage workers pay for their own healthcare, benefits and retirement on top of all of their taxes out of the same paycheck. They're largely coastal elites and other class signalers that punch hard left against any platform that might benefit their idea of a "deplorable" even if it helps other people.

[AustinDev]

I prefer the term 'illiberal progressives' as it does a good job of explaining their position and doesn't confuse them with 'classical liberals'.