Liberalism has never been about establishing a universal standard. Liberalism is simply intellectual cover for those wanting to gain political power and increase the size of the state.
There's nothing in this country that is a worse accusation - in America, if you accuse somebody of racism, that person has to disprove that.
Media is everything. It's everything.
The real hate crime these days is the Orwellian intimidation wielded by the Left against those that don't think the way they do. It's worse than waterboarding.