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I find it interesting that the left has hijacked the term "progressive.">
>This happened about 100 years ago <s>.
The word "hijacked" is a little loaded. We have one political party which is somewhat aligned with the traditional definition of progressivism, and one that is not. Here is an overview of what the word means --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProgressivismAs you said yourself, you are not a progressive.