I agree with the use of “populist”. It doesn’t sound pejorative, though for me it is.
I have never accepted the use of “liberal” for these people. They like “progressive”, so I have used that word, though they are anything but progressive. Leftist, communist, marxist, statist, fascist, socialist, populist. Those words fit. Anything but “liberal”, that they are not.
They’re Fascists - they want one party, punishment of political opponents, planned economy, state control of companies, etc.
Fascists.
The term ‘progressive’ was coined by communists years ago to define one wing of their party.
“The term progressive returned to the national scene with the 1948 presidential campaign of former vice president Henry Wallace and his Progressive Party, whose name pointedly harkened back to Theodore Roosevelt’s own third-party challenge in 1912. But the raison d’être of this party was a very un-Progressive opposition to any action by, growth of, or support for the American military. The difference was that “the enemy” was now Soviet Russia and this Progressive Party was in fact a creation of the Communist Party and its ranks were filled with Communists and fellow travelers — the Old Left — none of whom had had any problems with the military when it was fighting Stalin’s enemy in Europe. The Communist domination of the party was recognized by many even then, and Wallace left it when he supported Truman’s policy in Korea. But not to be lost was the connection between progressive and a position that reflexively opposed anything to do with the American military but ideologically supported collectivization of the American economy beyond what the “liberals” of the day advocated.”
http://abcdunlimited.com/ideas/progressivism.html
Progressive is just another word for communist!
They like “progressive”, so I have used that word,
I know this may seem wierd but I won’t buy anything with the word progressive in - nothing. Just in case they are leaning left. I know it’s crazy but I can’t help it.
May preference for a descriptive term is: “progressive regressives.” After all, their ideology, when implemented, takes America back to the Old World ideas described in the 1776 Declaration of Independence.
I use “leftist” or when they’re being really obnoxious, go straight to “Communist.”
These people aren’t liberal/tolerant and they sure as hell ain’t for progress or the populace.