Identify? lol... well I've been a registered Democrat since I first voted in 1980. To me liberal = progressive = political left. I'm only left
ist when I march in the streets.
I voted for Bernie Sanders in the last two Democratic presidential primaries. No national candidate has matched my political views as closely as he. (A possible exception was George McGovern in 1972... and while I couldn't vote for him then as a kid I did work as a local volunteer on his campaign.)
I don't use Twitter, Reddit, Facebook or any other social media (say yaz boomer!) to follow political debate so I can't opine on the differences of which you speak. However it is my opinion that no one is above criticism. No one gets a free pass just because they're on my side. IMO the left is far more critical of itself than the right--a major strength the left has over the right.
Check out the Frontline documentary which played this week on PBS on China's COVID Secrets. Much of the blame for the escape of SARS2 from China rests on the CCP. Once they fucked up it was too late to stop the pandemic. It reminds me of the Soviet coverup of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
I don't "saint" anyone. Putting people on pedestals--especially politicians--is dangerous. IMO people on the right are more likely to do this than people on the left. A couple decades ago Trump himself said if he ever ran for president he'd run as a Republican because they have the dumbest voters. He's incapable of appealing to anyone's intelligence so he tells monstrous lies then doubles down on them ad infinitum--the very definition of propaganda.