Let's take back our language and deny them their Orwellian definitions of who is who and what is what.
This is an awesome post, and I agree wholeheartedly. As a former hippiecrat myself, I have sought to find a name that suits what I have come to see is right and true. I am the true liberal! I believe that American liberty is God-given and just, and should be liberally applied to all people everywhere. I believe that the freedoms paid for by the blood of brave men and women ought to be liberally available in every oppressed corner of the Earth.
So-called liberals in this country would conserve freedom only for themselves and their own kind. They do not want average people to speak and think for themselves, to be armed and able to defend themselves, to have the opportunity to find their own destinies. They want people dependent on the state of the so-called liberals in order to live; to have to crawl to them for permission to stand up straight if they're not one of the "elite".
So, good, thought-provoking post. What should we call ourselves? True Progressives? What?
Correct? Better yet, honest.