Lots of hidden liberals.
“Lots of hidden liberals.”
It may seem like semantics, but there is a fundamental difference between the two groups. The liberal disagrees with you, strongly, but respects your right to disagree and the process of politics (which necessarily includes the possibility that their side might lose). Leftists, OTOH, are ONLY interested in the ends - which is them gaining power over as many others as possible. They don’t care about the means from a moral point of view, the only care that the means they use SUCCEED.
Liberals are (IMHO) deluded, naive and (sometimes) just plain stupid/ignorant. Leftists are EVIL.
Just my $0.02.