Dallas lawyer makes a case for the term 'liberal'

[TexasTowelie]

After years as a shunned word, a new poll shows that more people are now identifying themselves as liberal.

In fact, on social issues, liberals now equal those calling themselves conservative.

It made me think of Balon Bradley, a Dallas lawyer who has always proudly claimed the liberal label — so much so that he wrote a book about it.

Left Winger the self-published book is called. And Bradley identifies himself right there on the cover as “A Texas Liberal.”

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/steve-blow/20150603-steve-blow-dallas-lawyer-makes-a-case-for-the-term-liberal.ece

[font color=330099]I'll let some of our fine Texas attorneys make eloquent contributions to this thread. I'm just a humble math major who spent more than half of his life residing in red counties throughout the state.[/font]

[merrily]

1. IMO both "liberal" and "progressive" mean different things to different people.

That means that they are not especially useful if communication is the goal.

And neither means anything more to the left than "Democrat" meant circa 1960. If anything, both terms are to the right of that.

Also, to many, "liberal" and "conservative" are merely synonyms for "Democrat" and "Republican."

"Neoliberal" has further confused things.

Moreover, "liberal" is not a good thing to leftists abroad, something that increases in importance as the globe shrinks.

In all, if we want to discuss non-corporatists who are well left of center, we need an entirely new word.

Disclaimer: I am not a Texas lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.

[TexasProgresive]

2. I ran across somthing in an old Catholic prayer book

O most liberal Heart of Jesus!

So there you go, Jesus is a liberal.

[ananda]

3. The liberal heart of Texas (sung)