Are you Liberal?

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thread starter PinoyMatt Aug 26 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Liberal pretty much means in politics people who -hate the president's actions and decisions and always attacks him -attack others who don't share their same opinion on events and decisions Are you liberal? (I got the definition wrong so feel free to correct me and write the definition of a Liberal below.

SASTrooper Aug 26 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Um that's not what Liberals are. Edit: Those are examples of Liberals, not what Liberals believe in, where they stand on the political spectrum and wing. I am conservative

PinoyMatt 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

SASTrooper : Um that's not what Liberals are. DANG YOU JON STEWART. He lies.

VMIT 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

not realy... but I am not American anyway so meh

Kehaar 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I thought that was what Conservatives were.

PinoyMatt 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Kehaar : I thought that was what Conservatives were. Fine, I was wrong. TS is wrong. I'll change the main post.

A4No0b 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism Unfortunately, the colloquial usage of the word liberal has very little connection to it's constituent philosophy. Many people today see liberalism in the eyes of gay marriage, government expansion, increasing taxes on the higher tax brackets etc. I think a better way to assess this spectrum is to simply call it left or right.

ScaniaSin 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

-Dictionaries "Liberal"-

angramainyu 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

A4No0b : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism Unfortunately, the colloquial usage of the word liberal has very little connection to it's constituent philosophy. Many people today see liberalism in the eyes of gay marriage, government expansion, increasing taxes on the higher tax brackets etc. I think a better way to assess this spectrum is to simply call it left or right. Though 'left' and 'right' are generally more accurate terms, 'liberal,' and 'conservative,' acknowledging their dogmatic beliefs are nearly the same.

A4No0b 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

angramainyu : Though 'left' and 'right' are generally more accurate terms, 'liberal,' and 'conservative,' acknowledging their dogmatic beliefs are nearly the same. Really? So you would classify the actions of the Liberal Party of Canada today as genuine liberalism? Implementation of the Human Rights Commission to sensor and rectify free speech? The mentality of high taxation? Hell, even foreign aid to communist dictators like Fidel Castro?

MaikuX3 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Prefect example of a very good liberal. Senator Ted Kennedy, a man who will definitely be missed, unless you are a right-wing extremist.

StephenDedalus 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

No, I'm a nihilist.

iHiryuu 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You can't be 100% Liberal or Conservative You can just try to be on one side more than the other

DarkWater 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'm pretty moderate, but I'd definitely put myself on the left a bit.

harvz 08/26/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I am a conservative.