CNN accidentally allows someone to tell the truth on air
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Classical Liberalism is Liberalism.
Everything else you mention is Leftists co-opting Liberalism as a weapon because "Communist" has the stink of burning bodies attached to it.
Opposing Universal Sufferage and Democracy is a Liberal position.
I think the stigma of Communism has faded, actually. Consider this: the authleft always existed in the Ivory Tower -- you haven't been able to have fun on a University campus for decades now. But as long as the Soviet Union was around and China was a backwater, Democrat politicians avoided the comparison. With no communist bogeyman around, and the Red Diapers having come of age, the authleft is now running the Democrat party.
It's not the stigma of Communism that has faded, but the stigma of Socialism.
A small distinction, but an important one.