Am I the only one who is noticing this shift in language recently?

In the past week, if I read the comments or discussions on internet stories about politics, there seems to be a nonstop stream of people calling out “the left” for being: corrupt, unhinged, violent, dangerous, anti-free speech, communists, etc. The focus especially on the left being ruled by rampant corruption and fueled by unrestrained violence is something that I am seeing more and more every day and I don’t recall hearing much of anything in that vein before the last couple of weeks. Has this been a popular opinion for a long time? Have you seen it as well? Do you know people who feel this way? What are your thoughts?