But liberals often have an unfounded and misplaced faith in the government to solve societal problems. All too frequently, such government interventions fail disastrously. And then further, when they have clearly failed, liberals tend not to be able to admit such, and to clean up the mess they've created.
That makes those advocates ignorant -- it doesn't make them uncaring or unhelpful. You really can't tell who is a decent person in normal life by knowing their voting record. Abstract philosophical thought is quite different than actually being there to help friends, neighbors, family, or strangers. I'm not big on helping strangers. I admit it. But it has nothing to do with my political philosophy of non-initiation of aggression. Seperate things, really.