[–] tendiesonfloor 4 points -1 points 3 points (+3|-4) ago
'Liberal' mostly stands for
And here I thought I was going to go an entire day here without some pedantic cunt lecturing me on 'muh classical liberalism'.
[–] lemon11 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
We are naturally divided by things such as the desires to extinguish self-defense and the desire to defend ourselves. What these terms do is divide politics in a different way and provide a linguistic handle on the divide to control it.
Labels aren't the problem, but using over-worn labels which are just weapons for the enemy may be a big problem. It's useful to reason about our own ideas in abstractions.
[–] ScreaminMime 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
I don't know where you think it flips every decade, Liberals [yes the term is the opposite of it's traditional meaning but that's EXACTLY what Liberals do] have been for MORE government in our lives since Wilson.