Parody Progressivism

‘Imicromanage a lot, but not that much,” Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday in distancing himself from the decision to hand out $15 Dunkin’ Donuts gift cards to low-level defendants who fill out a survey on their experience with city courts.

Fair enough: He just sets the tone and overall policy, in this case for an effort by the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to make the court system more user-friendly.

But the survey offers some odd statements for folks to agree or disagree with:

“The judge tried to understand your particular need for services or any other need you had.”

“Someone who worked for the court said ‘hello’ or ‘ good morning’ to you when you entered the courtroom.”

“The judge or court staff thanked you for your patience.”

“You felt pushed around by people with more power than you.”

“Laws prevent me from doing what I want.”

Yes, you’re innocent until proven guilty, and court officers ought to be polite. But as one NYPD source told The Post, a trip to court “isn’t supposed to be fun.” It’s not a McDonald’s Play Place.

The survey follows such other Team de Blasio lowlights as pizza parties for Rikers detainees and the drive to close the city’s main jail.

This over-the-top concern for the feelings of accused lawbreakers comes off not so much as progressive but as a parody of progressivism.