Liberal: I care about people, therefore I’m a Democrat.
Leftist: I am a Democrat, therefore I care about people.
And I will note that the evolution of the Norman Lear’s of the world–again, compare 1980 Norman Lear to 2019 Norman Lear–has consisted in “evolving” from the first to the second, as their proposed solutions to an array of social problems have failed and they have lied to themselves and everyone else about it.
They don’t want to hear our shit, because our shit is mainly pointing out that their shit is in fact shit. Vanity is a powerful emotion, particularly when tied to time and habit.