I agree with you completely, authoritarianism is on a different axis than "left" or "right". I was commenting on what I am seeing coming from those who describ

I agree with you completely, authoritarianism is on a different axis than "left" or "right". I was commenting on what I am seeing coming from those who described themselves as being ideologically aligned with the "left" today. I see censorship, speech limiting, "canceling", compelled speech, etc, coming from that area today. When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s this was very much the kind of thing I saw coming from the "right", limiting expression for political and religious reasons. Like I mentioned, as a liberal (which I don't belive is inherently left or right) I've been disappointed in the modern "left" which seems to me to be taking a step back from liberalism. I see a lot of authoritarianism coming from that direction right now.