We ARE LIBERALS... and PROUD of it...LIBERAL means progress,

[LittleApple81]

freedom, protection for everybody's rights. WE ARE LIBERAL, dammit!

WE ARE LIBERAL AND PROUD... LIBERAL, LIBERAL, LIBERAL...

[proud patriot]

1. Proud Liberal Patriots

:hi:

[Sharpodotcom]

5. Definition

liberal
SYLLABICATION: lib·er·al
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: lbr-l, lbrl KEY
ADJECTIVE: 1a. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. b. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. c. Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism. d. Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
2a. Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor. b. Generous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes.
3. Not strict or literal; loose or approximate: a liberal translation.
4. Of, relating to, or based on the traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculum: a liberal education.
5a. Archaic Permissible or appropriate for a person of free birth; befitting a lady or gentleman. b. Obsolete Morally unrestrained; licentious.
NOUN: 1. A person with liberal ideas or opinions.
2. Liberal A member of a Liberal political party.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, generous, from Old French, from Latin lberlis, from lber, free. See leudh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: liber·al·ly —ADVERB
liber·al·ness —NOUN

SYNONYMS: liberal, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, handsome, munificent, openhanded These adjectives mean willing or marked by a willingness to give unstintingly: a liberal backer of the arts; a bounteous feast; bountiful compliments; a freehanded host; a generous donation; a handsome offer; a munificent gift; fond and openhanded grandparents. See also synonyms at broad-minded.
ANTONYM: stingy


I AM LIBERAL TOO! Sharpo

[LiberalVoice]

2. I wouldn't have it anyother way.

Conservative born, Liberal to my death!!!:grr:

[sam sarrha]

3. LIBERAL: adj... [original] suitable for a free man. 1/ favoring change

and progress through the democratic process.

That is why the Reich Wing RepugNuts have attempted to change the definition of the word "Liberal... because they do not believe in democracy.. and smell more like a fascist every day

[Atman]

4. Liberal, as in LIBERTY

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

[newyawker99]

6. A proud Liberal here!

:thumbsup:

[iverglas]

7. not me

I'm a social democrat, in the current context. Or democratic socialist, depending on my mood.

As a Canadian, I don't get too het up about "liberty", just like I don't get too het up about electricity and clean water and the right to vote, and generally can't imagine why USAmericans do. Those things are givens. I mean, yeah, okay, this half-decade ya got a problem. Patriot Act, yes, the war on terrorism. (Worth considering the causes of the problems, always.) But in general, I just can't figure out why you folks think that the battles of the 18th century are still being fought.

The rest of us out here really are more concerned with what's called "human security" these days. Things like decent housing, jobs, access to education, medical care, non-discrimination -- "freedom from fear, freedom from want", in the words of one of your wise dead presidents. The things that some of us have to pay, or sacrifice a tiny bit of that liberty, so that others of us can have. We do that gladly.

And it just always strikes me that a bit of a focus shift, of a wider view, might be beneficial for you guys in this respect.