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Reply #23: You're right that Liberal means tolerance, thinking, imaginative, [View All]

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the_spectator

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Fri Aug-19-05 07:12 PM
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23. You're right that Liberal means tolerance, thinking, imaginative,

pluralistic, open and progressive. Very much because "liberal" DID mean "a supporter of liberty" when the word was FIRST used politically -- 1700s and 1800s.

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