A Libertarian Critique of the Modern Left

I came into politics in the early 2000's, was in college during the Bush years and law school during Obama's 1st term. Back then, libertarians seemed to have much more in common with those on the left than they did Republicans. None of the Ron Paul crowd I knew would even think about voting for McCain or Romney.

My how a decade changes things. Looking at the political landscape now, the modern left more resembles the Bush-era neocons than anything that can be considered liberal. Today, I find myself agreeing more and more with Republicans than I do with Democrats. Perhaps it's because the left has shedded any and all pretense of civil libertarianism. This is a party whose voting base:

-Believes speech is violence, hate speech should be banned and has no problem using violence to suppress constitutionally protected speech.

-Has become the new Puritans, whose messianic adherence to the doctrine of poltiical correctness has turned them into moral nannies who want to take the fun out of life. Imagine George Carlin's reaction were he alive today.

-Wants us to believe all women and throw away centuries of legal precedent concerning the presumption of innocence.

-Worships at the altar of identity politics, where your worth and value is determined by your status on the victim hierarchy.

-Has no problem with Obama's secret kill list or assassinating American citizens without charge or trial.

-Has no problem with undeclared wars in Libya and Syria and drone wars in Somalia, Pakistan and Yemen.

-Has no problem with last-second, defamatory and uncorroborated accusations being leveled at a Supreme Court nominee in an attempt to block his appointment.

-Has no problem with FISA courts or spying on one's political opponents under the pretense of false opposition research.

-Cheers on a Special Counsel in Robert Mueller who himself was a cheerleader for the Iraq War, a Bush lackey and a man who ruined the life of Steven Hatfill after bungling the post-9/11 Anthrax case.

-Supports a two-tiered justice system, where Clinton cronies go unprosecuted but Republican supporters of Trump have their homes raided, their lives turned upside down and process crimes levied against them in an attempt to justify a never-ending investigation.

-Believes everything the NSA, CIA and FBI tell them.

-Claims that Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are traitors for providing transparency to American citizens and exposing the crimes of our political class.

-Wants to start a second Cold War with Russia for something the United States does more of than every country on Earth combined.

-Welcomes with open arms former neocons like David Frum, Bill Kristol, Jennifer Rubin, Steve Schmidt, Nicole Wallace and others who reflexively support America's warmongering and mass surveillance.

I wonder, did the left ever actually believe in any of the anti-war and anti-surveillance rhetoric they used to spew? Doesn't appear that they were ever sincere does it?