The Caricature of the "Left"

I do not post very often on this board, but I come on here and read it daily. As someone on the "left" I think it is important to come to this board to see what people on the other side of the aisle think and feel about issues. One recurring theme I have seen across this forum is how often the Liberals (Libtards, Progs, Lefties, Commies, etc.) are derided for simply being Liberal and the caricature that has been created. This is not different from the caricature of the right that has been created by some on the Left, that conservatives are all racists, which I know to not be true and is so often complained about on here. I also believe that had a very negative effect on the Dems in the last election.

ANTIFA does not stand for even close to the majority of Liberals, and I had never even heard of them until this board began to post about them. And when some idiot Liberal creates a petition to change LSU's name and gets like 100 people to sign it, the majority of Liberals don't agree with that either.

I also often see posters saying things along the lines of, "If anyone still doubted that liberalism was a mental disease..." and "The left hasn't lost their heads because they never had them." I often wonder if the people who say these things actually know any Liberals in real life or if they just know what they see on TV and read in this forum.

As I said above, I am Liberal leaning on most issues and would probably disagree with the majority of this board , but I do not think that you are a subhuman group of people that are the dumbest people in the world, just because we think differently. I'm sure I'll get skewered for this, but that's alright because its an anonymous message board and everyone really just needs to chill out on both sides.