re: "Why do you call them 'liberals' instead of COMMUNISTS? Are you afraid of offending their emotional-sensibilities?"
Of course not. Many times over the years I've stated that "Socialist," "Liberal," "Progressive" and "Communist" are all different words that mean the same thing.
HOWEVER, when I address a post to this forum's "Liberals," some of the readers here proudly claim membership and realize that I am speaking to them. When I address a post to this forum's "Communists," they immediately disassociate themselves from what I've said, conclude I just want to call them names and defensively claim the post doesn't apply to them.
Liberals are funny that way. For some reason, they don't see themselves as Communists (probably because they don't WANT to see themselves as Communists.) The fact that they ARE Communists is irrelevant.
So if I want to engage Liberals in conversation and get any sort of meaningful response, I can't very well refer to them as Communists. Not right off the bat, anyway.

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