"A liberal troublemaker".........geez, how lightweight can you get.  I taught dysfunctional and delinquent adolescents for 28 years and I've been called far more entertaining things than this.  I proudly admit I'm a liberal...no problem with that one.  "Troublemaker",  if confronting the comments with which I disagree makes me a "troublemaker", indeed I'm one.  "hate and "intolerance".....well, let's see, does calling out a racist or sexist comment as such, make one intolerant? Does confronting "hateful" comments make one "hateful"?

I have never just passively accepted bullying and mean-spirited actions or comments and I never will.  If that means you won't invite me to your Christmas Party, I'll just have to live with it.