I have seen no such aggressive, hateful and awful language from a progressive person. I think most people who identify as progressive would never use such violent words, as progressives are more likely to be compassionate and kind to others. I have only seen people like you use awful words like that - who are these progressives saying that? I think there are none.

I think it's just you, making up lies about people on the left being violent and awful. Nobody is "cheering this on like a crowd of mobs about to burn a witch". That is awful. Why would you say such a thing?

You are trolling and trying to create a hyper-political atmosphere on HN, where the only allowable opinions are hyper-conservative, and violent, hateful words are falsely attributed to progressives.