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So… liberals. They’re liberals.
Yes, but if you convince them that "liberals want to make everyone gay/trans and molest kids" and that therefore no "patriotic straight white man" can be a liberal, then they'll vote red everytime.
Gay marriage bans don't affect them so even if they would tolerate it they don't REALLY care either way. Same with abortion bans. Same with all the liberal views they "hold" that don't directly impact them.
They're "liberals" that only care about themselves which isn't liberal at all.
No, that is not what liberal means - even though that is how most people think of liberal, it isn't really what it is. We need to stop using liberal/conservative as a label, it isn't helpful to any discussion on politics where details matter.
Liberal means that you agree to live with someone you find offensive. While conservative means you find someone offensive enough that you try to kill them (you may not have opportunity but you want to and cheer when someone does). It comes from protestant and Catholics realizing that going to war was just getting each other's children killed and not convincing anyone to switch religion - it was better to just let God sort it out and in the mean time work nicely with each other on earth.
That these people find pron not offensive means they are not liberal, at least not on this subject (they can be on other subjects). They may be aligned with others on the "right wing" who find Pron offensive but are at least somewhat liberal about it, but they are not liberal, at least not on this subject, there are many different aspects of being a human and they probably are liberal on some, and conservative on others - just like everyone else.