The left is good with the rhetoric. They oft claim two things about themselves (among others) - their value of ‘civil rights/liberties’ and their open mindedness. Yet, they seem most apt to go this route?

This is the sort of thing that convinces me that environmentalists and socialists are in cahoots and see it as their last refuge for their control of others. They are the ones that really care. They are the ones that really understand. They are the ones that can provide solutions. So we have to submit to their wills, so they can impose their morality, lifestyles, and worldview on others. This all, of course, comes through the coercive power of the State.