because it's a hard thing to live up to

It's only a hard thing to live up to if you're not even trying. Liberals love talking a big game about how supportive they are, how inclusive they are, how determined they are to protect the rights of the marginalized while doing everything they can to keep those groups marginalized. The exact same claims that liberals try to make today about their party or the same claims they tried to make about their party 200 years ago. Your party will always represent capital and its exploitation of the working class