I am glad more and more people are acknowledging the problems of cancel culture and the growing divisiveness of our society, but I totally got lost in their ter

I am glad more and more people are acknowledging the problems of cancel culture and the growing divisiveness of our society, but I totally got lost in their terminology: >The primary threat to liberal democracy is posed by the populist right. I though the term "liberal" refers to doctrine that puts the individual's feelings above many other things, and is used by the cancel culture supporters to justify the silencing of their critics. Wasn't the term for emphasizing free speech and the right to express your opinion "libertarian", not "liberal" and is considered to more right-leaning than the classical liberal school, since it recognizes less central control. So are they trying to pin the recent outrage culture on the republicans (that at least to me, appear to be strongly against it), or am tripping here?