The frustration with progressives isn’t policy its electoral strategy and refusal to acknowledge that Republicans are the true enemy to progress and not the Democratic Party.
Progressives on here who receive the most criticism are more prone to classify republicans as a force of immutable nature who’s evil is fixed into the pie and it’s the democrats who’s really at fault for not driving the car of progress in the hurricane conditions that Republicans set at the acceleration they’d like.
I think the frustration y'all have with progressives is also based in policy; more specifically, the inherent moral language and implicit critique you feel when progressives aggressively argue on behalf of their policy and worldview. There is a stark difference is how tolerable y'all think the status quo is, which is why when a progressive says universal healthcare or anti-genocide policies cannot wait, and
anyone - regardless of political party affiliation - who stands in its way is an enemy of progress, you feel the heat of that shot because you have decided to put yourself in front of the gun instead of behind it because you first and foremost align yourself with the tepid "adult in the room" brand of the Democratic Party and engage in a parasocial relationship with the Democratic Party's representatives.
Seemingly, all you want is for progressives to just stop yelling at Democrats, but why would they when Democrats are
also acting against the interest of the progressive worldview? You guys just want to go back to the early Obama era where there was no criticism coming from your left flank and you could easily construe yourself as the heroes of history. By denying that Republicans are an immutable force of evil in the politics of this country, you reveal the fact that you're living in an antiquated fantasy, and I think the cause of the delusion is that your prime objective is to protect the Democratic Party brand, even over the wellbeing of the people. The moral and political landscape has shifted and you're refusing to acknowledge it. You're trying to appeal to the logic and morality of Nazis (Republicans) instead of realizing the only solution is to take them out.
It is only when you accept this structural truth that you will understand the words of Dr. King:
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season."
Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."