Liberalism or leftism? A lot of the modern trends you see from the left actually feel very illiberal.

Vox is most certainly a liberal outpost. You're correct that many elements of the left reject liberalism, which is why Vox et al. are center-left liberal rags and not "leftist."

Leftist ideology is not mutually inclusive of liberalism (in the philosophical sense) but that's true of most ideologies. Heck, mix nationalism (extreme patriotism) with socialism (illiberal leftist ideology) and you can get national socialism (far-right Nazism).

The claim that nationalism socialism is a type of socialism is dubious. Names are tricky like that. http://www.politicususa.com/2012/09/12/hitler-explains-gop-w...

I agree overall, but as a liberal I view them more like the religious right in relation to conservatives, ie they represent a rather small, specific, if vocal group of (neo)-'liberals'.

I could accept Vox (the site) being a leftist rag and just avoid but they really stepped over the line with the Verge. Increasingly weaker and weaker reviews, far more subjective reporting, and now even political articles bleeding over from Vox. I don't want a tech blog telling me how to feel about politics.

I only recently got into polygon. What can be toxic about video game coverage? Ie. What am I looking for?