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To: Dominic Harr
Politically Conservative: that is, smaller, less intrusive govt. "Individual solutions to problems", not "collective" ones.

The term for this is "classical liberal." Unfortunately it'd be impossible to use this label to mean what it actually means, since the word "liberal" has been irrevocably hijacked.

287 posted on 07/05/2005 4:01:55 PM PDT by Politicalities (http://www.politicalities.com)
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To: Politicalities

Just like gay.


288 posted on 07/05/2005 4:06:12 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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To: Politicalities
The term for this is "classical liberal."

Now I'm even more confused.

I thought a 'classic liberal' was one who felt that 'workers have rights'. In effect, we're all classic liberals now.

I'm pretty sure that's what the term use to mean.

Then in the 20s or so, the L v. C debate was reframed as 'pro-socialst' and 'anti-socialist', I thought. The difference there being 'collective v. individual' type solutions.

293 posted on 07/05/2005 4:09:50 PM PDT by Dominic Harr
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