Progressives do not control the press, nor do they ban all opposition. What to know what living in country where stuff is banned looks like? Try anything controlled by ISIS. Nobody would call those monsters progressives.
As for Jews, it's interesting that you have mentioned them. Anytime I stumble onto a conservative discussion forum, it is inevitable that the conversation will soon take on the "goddamn lib'rul joos wating to take away our guns" followed by "those bastards killed our lord" turn.
Conservatives do not want to control lives of the rest of the nation, not in the slightest. They want the government to be tiny enough to fit into women's uterus, to tell them how to lead their lives. As anti-abortion as I am, I still find this kind of control deplorable.
Regarding gun control, stuff is simple. I control what's in my house. Other than that, it's none of my business.