Perhaps, we just have a increment size issue at hand?  As an X'er, I am fed up with mollycoddling those that go the get along path.  On top of that, I really am not concerned with the aesthetics in confronting Progressives no matter which side of the aisle they sully either.  Spurning, ridiculing, jeering... nope.  Doesn't bother me in the least.  So, call 'em socialists... call 'em progressives... call 'em whatever it is that floats your boat; they are on both sides of the aisle and they both suck equally.

The children thing?  That's a given.  I also advocate home schooling for those that are able to do so.

So, I guess the real difference being... the size of our steps.