So, I was about to say: "Wait, wait... I was following your mis-reading up until 'prohibition'. Huh? Where'd that one come from?"
And then I went and googled some history and oh look, "Progressive" used to be applied to the "moral fabric" movement that gave us Prohibition. Huh.
You're right, I give up; political labels are completely useless.
(But yeah, as you figured out, *today's* meaning of the label Progressive tends towards the socially liberal and plenty of social programs sector. Not likely to be prohibiting much of anything.)
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Date: 2006-10-24 06:27 pm (UTC)And then I went and googled some history and oh look, "Progressive" used to be applied to the "moral fabric" movement that gave us Prohibition. Huh.
You're right, I give up; political labels are completely useless.
(But yeah, as you figured out, *today's* meaning of the label Progressive tends towards the socially liberal and plenty of social programs sector. Not likely to be prohibiting much of anything.)