Yes they were. There is no meaningful difference between a liberal, a leftist, a socialist, and a communist. They're all shit. Now you might be a connoisseur of shit, a sommelier of feces. You might want to tell me how Type A is nuttier than Type B and how Type C has a more sticky consistency than the others.

The rest of us don't care. We just don't want it on our shoes. Roll in the shit all you please, but stop trying to tell the rest of us that it's okay.