"In order to be liberal you actually have to put forth effort to think and utilize the full gamut of intelligence bestowed on the human race"
You actually only have to
believe you do all these things in order to be a liberal. Don't kid yourself...liberals do lots of crazy irrational things such as backing the un-science of transgender dogma, the unscience of global warming bunk, reinstating segregation in the name of fighting racism, etc.
In reality wherever we look in the world the source of virtually all misery is due to the left's attempts
to coerce and micro manage human behavior in their own image and stated preferences.
Even in the few instances where liberalism is NOT to blame for a vast problem, such as repressive Islam it is
the left that defends and enables Islam, just as they come to China's defense when it's found that China is the source of the Covid 19 virus.
Why? Because the right opposes China and fundamentalist Islam therefore the left opposes whatever it is that the right is against.
Is that an example of "utilizing the full gamut of intelligence bestowed upon the human race"?
No! And only a crazy person would think otherwise. The left personifies the principle of cutting off your
own nose to spite your face and that's hardly intelligent under any definition.