How Do We Define Ourselves?

Given the ongoing dust up between the great folks over at DAMMIT JANET and the administrators of Progressive Bloggers, I have been giving considerable thought as to how to define a progressive, this has proved to be a difficult exercise. Those on the right of the political and social spectrum seem to have little difficulty defining themselves as they are prone to the hive mind mentality, those of us who think of ourselves as progressives not so much. Our diversity of thought is our strongest asset and at the same time our greatest weakness when it comes to defeating current crop of conservatives.

This diversity also makes progressives difficult to define,  but if we are going to label ourselves then defining what that means is a must and surely an unflagging belief in defending human rights would seem to me to be the base line at which we start