Civil rights are civil liberties. Constitutionally backed codification of existing legislation, or as the government calls them amendments.

For non-progressives: you are 100% entitled to your belief, but it is 100% based on nothing. And this is unconstitutional engagement wielded to infringe on others. Campaigning essentialist-rejection as a just stance in politics, stales progress behind ‘that’s just my belief’ and “freedom of speech”.