I used to be democrat, a liberal. Even new communist groups spring up calling themselves the "antifa" or BLM is run by communists and funded by (ironical so is the MSM) the Chinese communist government. Really? The modern version of democrats/liberals I broke away from because they frightened the hell out of me. The democrats have become like Mussolini's brown shirts , they certify everyone the scrutinize everyone and everything to fit the parties constrictions. Or the German NAZI party, they had their "Kristallnacht", the ******* democrats have burned our cities and terrorized us for months. I stop there.
I used to be a democrat, too.
My liberal beliefs include the following:
I am fiercely opposed to Authoritarianism and believe people should be afforded maximum freedom as long as the expression of their freedom does not infringe upon others.
I believe in free speech, freedom of association and freedom of assembly.
I believe in egalitarianism and affording not only the same rights but same responsibility to all people.
I believe in protecting the powerless from the ravages of the powerful. An example of this would be supporting the rights of small business people targeted for closure in order to facilitate the powerful.
I believe in the transparency of government, I oppose decisions made in secret and support free and fair elections held in the open and available for scrutiny.
I do not believe that might makes right or that the ends justify the means. The power to influence us now invested in a small group of technocrats is inimical to liberal values.
In all these areas, my liberal values places me squarely a odds with the authoritarian leftists who have now seized control. I don't care what they CALL themselves. I care what they ARE, and based upon my reading thousands of postings by scores upon scores of posters, I do not hesitate to call these fascist in nature, not liberal.