At root, they're collectively afraid of their own shadows.
It paralyzes any vestigial common sense.
Hence their donning kneepads for most anyone/anything promising to 'protect' them.
The old adage is unable to penetrate their trembling self-loathing:
Courage isn't the lack of fear, it's the willingness to act in spite of it
I like that one, too. Fear is their root - literally insane levels of fear, that sane people cannot comprend. Unfortunately liberals use their fear as justification to protect it, rather than defeat it.