Being who you are

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a progressive? I mean, other than a liberal who refuses to be called the L word.

What are you like if you're not liberal but are progressive? Are you a radical then, or an anarcho-syndicalist, or a socialist or something? I don't think so, but I'm not sure.

My perception is that a progressive is someone who believes calling himself or herself a progressive means that the anti-liberals won't get to call him/her a communist, traitor, or god-hater. Or maybe just that moderates won't be offended by their icky liberalism.

Either way, I'm convinced that calling yourself a progressive accomplishes not very much, and that it marks you as self-hating, obsequious, and weak.

I dunno.

Anyways, I'm a liberal. Fairly moderate, but a liberal nonetheless.