[Pessimist]

All that really shows though is that we've succeeded in making "liberal" a dirty word.

A lot of people who consider themselves mainstream of moderately conservative are what would have been called liberal in any historical perspective.

[aceintx]

All that really shows though is that we've succeeded in making "liberal" a dirty word.

A lot of people who consider themselves mainstream of moderately conservative are what would have been called liberal in any historical perspective.
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The word Liberal has not always been an epithet. It wasn't until McGoo...err....McCain....err...McGovern decided to call himself that and the Leftist Nutjobs picked it up that it became a negative descriptor.

The new descriptor for the Commie Libs is "Progressive. I predict that within 5 to 10 years this word will be as negatively viewed as Liberal.

and I believe the word "Moderate" is becoming synonymous with the word "Liberal". at least in my mind.