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By that logic does the fact that they favor more regulation of tobacco count as wanting to hurt the "right" people?
Also they favor making the "rich" pay their "fair share", eliminating due process for men accused of rape, etc., because the rich and college men need to be punished for their "privilege".
I think you're mischaracterizing the motivations of (most) progressives. I don't believe that they are motivated by a desire to punish the privileged.
There is a difference between supporting policies that hurt people and supporting those policies because they hurt people. Progressives, like most other political actors, support plenty of policies that hurt people, but I don't think it's accurate to say they support them because they hurt people.
An example from the other side: A lot of social conservatives support bans on gay marriage. I think these bans hurt people unnecessarily, but I don't think their supporters want to hurt people, or are motivated by a desire to hurt people.
Read what progressives like Ezra Klien actually write.
Are you trying to describe an entire ideology based on one article by one author? I consider myself a progressive and don't agree with a lot of what Ezra Klein, or many other pundits who label themselves in such a way, have to say.
Also not completely related but I don't think that sensationalist website necessarily does a good job representing Klein's point of view on the issue.