Why do liberals and lefties think they speak for everyone?

Naive realism and false consensus bias. These explain why anyone of any ideology might feel compelled to speak for everyone on a given topic. Naive realism is a bias that makes us feel like we are seeing the world objectively. Like our viewpoint is right, while everyone else is biased. read more

This is another reason why Liberals hate the Bible. If Liberals are successful at transforming America into a totally multi-cultural, i.e., multi-religious, non-Christian society, we will lose our freedom. 26. Liberals speak often of tolerance, but they only tolerate Liberals and Liberal ideas. read more

As for why liberals do this more often, I won't dispute the validity of the premise, though I'd bet many on Quora would disagree. I think liberal messaging is the main reason those on the left sometimes talk as though they know what's best for everyone. read more