Originally Posted by janmcn

The opposite of progressives are the republican candidates that ran in the primary who want to take us back to the 1950's, when women stayed home, there were no birth control pills, abortion was illegal, gays and lesbians were not even acknowledged let alone allowed to marry, only white men were allowed to govern, there was no Medicare or Medicaid or food stamps or Head Start, and everybody liked Ike.

Many posters on this forum long for those good old days, but it is doubtful anybody under the age of 60 would vote to continue those policies. Progressives equal moving forward, conservatives are stuck in the last century.