The progs also have no problem with intrusive, coercive monitoring and 'correction'

SPYING: Shocking! Obama’s privacy board OKs massive NSA surveillance. 191-page report is largely condemned by civil liberties advocates and scholars.'

Progressives aren't liberals because they don't believe in liberty.  They're basically religious people who worship the smallest, meanest God in the Universe:  themselves. And since they are gods why should they let you hurt yourself?  Why they care more about you than you do!

I think we've demonstrated that they're rather dangerous chaps.  Hattip Instapunidit