re: Progressives that post on this site…what is your life story? What happened to you?

Can you define what a progressive is? Seems like anyone who doesn’t love Trump or Jeff Landry is labeled a progressive. What are the qualifiers?


I’m often labeled a progressive. My political views align most closely with the Corporal Works of Mercy, which are biblical, and Catholic social teaching. I’m told here that progressives are atheists so I’m not sure what mental gymnastics occur to determine I’m a progressive, or to justify people who seems to hate their fellow men calling themselves Christians.

ETA: I grew up going to Catholic school. I’ve always been popular and well-liked in physical spaces as opposed to online spaces like this one. I was senior class president and on the dance courts in high school. Dated a fraternity boy whose dad was a doctor through college at LSU. I worked in nonprofits after college, then taught public elementary school in New Orleans for 8 or 9 years, but now I work in a different capacity related to the carceral system. I’m happily married for close to a decade with a growing family. We attend weekly mass and kids attend catechism classes. Serving and ministering marginalized populations is very important to me, because that what we’re all called to do.