I see this as evidence that the original meaning of "liberal" has become completely distorted. True liberals support freedom, and not just their own or that which is popular.
Maybe that's why so many liberals prefer to be called "progressive" these days. Offhand, I can't give a dictionary definition of the term, but I tend to associate it with communism.
Paul
Of course Paul ! That is why I often write "so-called liberals".
The so-called liberals will kidnap any positive word and make it their own, even if it is completely opposed to what they think, what they want or what they are. This is part of their strategy of communication.
Another example beyond words, from the field of symbols : even though, throughout the world, red is the color of the left, American "liberals" (read leftists or far leftists) even stole the blue color from the conservatives...