As one who has been around HuffPo since its debut (and hence, witness to the comment style and practices on this website and others) I believe what you're seeing and attributing to "progressives" is, in actuality, an orchestrated campaign by political operatives paid to spread disinformation and shape the public's perception of a very unpopular program that the government has no intention of stopping or changing. And not because it's successful or even necessary, but because it's a cash cow for an extremely well-connected private security contractor.
While I certainly don't object to identifying people by their political leanings, I think in this instance it's a mistake to lay this at any one group's door (progressives) -- Americans of all political ideology are being misinformed as to the risks both from the threat of terr0r!sm and the government's solutions.
More importantly, though, you might want to ask yourself, "What difference does a commenter's political ideological bent make to their argument?"
As a liberal (I reject the label 'progressive', for reasons I've talked about at HuffPo in the past), I find that labeling's purpose online is to foment conflict that suits the professional political establishment's (corporate) aims in keeping the People disorganized and at odds with one another.
About Airport Security
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