Ask HN: What is the difference between progressive and oppessive?

I am struggling to see the difference between progessive agendas, attitudes, policies etc from the actions of oppressive regimes.

This is a blatantly obvious bad faith to start a flame war, and you're doing your side no favour if it becomes associated with this absence of reasoning skills. Luckily, it's going to be flagged befoer I finish this comment, anyway.