Going back to the thread those Beefy comments were in.
https://www.resetera.com/posts/3137926/His homophobia is incompatible
I notice this disconnect with the term 'liberal'. In the UK it still maintains an element of its original meaning. And that is the case with the Liberal Deomcrats party. In America on the other hand it has lost all meaning.
The person she is responding to is trying to make the argument that his views are compatible with the liberals, but I know she doesn't quite get that (lol). Obviously the word 'liberal' is derived from the word 'liber' which means free (man). Liberalism was and is a philosphy that emphasises the freedom of the individual. This is where we get concepts like free speech, the right to free assembly, the freedom of religion, and so on. It is not 'liberal' in the original sense to deny people the right to their own opinion. What would be 'illiberal' on the other hand is to deny LGBT people their rights which clearly Farron did not do.
This complete loss of meaning of the word 'liberal' in America is why the term 'illiberal liberal' actually makes sense. It would do liberals some good to actually look back at the roots of liberalism once in a while.