I am a Liberal. I love liberty. I served this nation in the cause of liberty for all peoples. Sadly, I now find myself surrounded by people who oppose liberty, especially my liberty. They want me to shut up. When I fail to heed their warnings, they vilify me. They insult me. They threaten me. They block/cancel me. Where the hell did they all come from? Sadly, they grew organically from people who, like me, love liberty and served its cause. It seems that while we were busy living our lives, exercising our liberties, we placed our children in the care of progressive Leftists in schools. We exposed them to the pernicious entertainment produced by progressive Leftists. Thus, I cannot completely agree with Professor Sowell's premise that the "The Left ignorantly oppose freedom." I give them credit for being smart enough to mount a successful campaign to oppose freedom and possibly eradicate it from America, and it is only their dupes that ignorantly oppose freedom.