I really love the term “progressive” when used in this sense.
It’s a brilliant example of stealing a march on the opponent.
It’s as if conservatives were to stop using the term conservative to refer to ourselves, and started calling ourselves “the good guys.”
Then whenever anyone disagrees with us, we can respond by saying, “So you’re against the good guys? What kind of an evil person are you?”
“Progressive” is fitting, though it is one of those whitewashing terms.
“Progressives”, historically, have always supported fascism and communism (and, no, those aren’t “opposites”).