I agree that liberals and lefties are different. I have many liberal friends. But I think the last couple of years some of them became more moderate (i.e. schools staying open, not shutting down society, etc) and some moved far left. It's just in my small world that I made these observations. I look at my uncle, who has always been very liberal and we used to have great debates and discussions. Now? I can't even talk to him because he thinks I'm so far to the right that I'm crazy (I literally haven't changed my views on most everything -- except foreign policy where I've become far more anti-war than I was in my youth, and I'm far more suspicious of government than I used to be.)