What gets me are these long strings of commenters in liberal fora that simply assume that mere association with a conservative is a reprehensible sin? Why doesn’t the left allow people to be individuals and associate and talk with whomever they want? The Liberals in this country are thought police totalitarians. Cruz was right to call them Liberal Fascists.
Well, if they allowed that, people might learn that their enemy isn't really an enemy at all. In fact, they might not only be be decent people, they just might be right.
"Ideas are more dangerous than guns. We don't let people have guns; why should we let them have ideas?"
-Joseph Stalin
The answer is quite simple: the Left is really about control, and any sheep that starts to think and act for itself needs to be dragged in front of the other sheep and violently put down. To encourage the other sheep to be good little lambs and not think/act for themselves.
Thats how the old Soviet Commissars did it. Why should we expect that modern Progressives would be any different? Except for the tools they use.