Dear friends and associates that embrace the progressive label,

It is July of 2023 and it is way past time to attempt to clear the air. I think it was around 2016 when we stopped having regular interactions.

Was it that I have conservative economic views?

Or was it that I expressed support for Trump (DJT) ?

Was it me who cut off the relationship? If so, let me try to explain why. If it was you, can you please tell me why?

My desire is to find common ground and continue pursuing comradery and happy lives.

Just about no one likes to constantly argue. And it is assumed that passionate views are expressed out of good intentions.

It seems we just have a different understanding of what "progressive" means.

It is not only possible, but beneficial to be both conservative and progressive.

The truth is that the contemporary progressive luminaries have and are doing much harm to the US republic.

For example, Biden's choice for FTC Chair Lina Khan implementation of "progressive" policies do more harm than good for society:
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/01/27/low_morale_at_the_ftc_is_directly_related_to_lina_khans_reign_of_error_878110.html
Khan is a leading “neo-Brandeisian,”
Inspired by Supreme Court Justice and progressive icon Louis Brandeis, adherents of this ideology view big business as a threat to small businesses, workers, and consumers simply because they are big.

I was always open to hearing your reasoned views.

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