Yes, what you said is true. They feel that they have some intellectual and moral superiority, and that justifies all positions they take on any type of regulations.
Yes, but what really is a Liberal?
In any arbitrary group of people, why does the collective group sink so low so quickly? Why does reckless emotion dominate so fast?
That is at the core. People are enablers who allow the loud mouths, the gossipers, and the fabricators to take over. Soon they are throwing stones at individuals and good people step away.
All groups of people degrade into emotional entropy.
Why?