What is a "liberal" and what beliefs do they hold Please no insults?

Answer 1

A liberal is a free thinker...someone who doesnt have to go with the group. We tend to be more tolerant of different beliefs........even ones we dont fully understand. There are negative connotations of liberals as bleeding heart tree huggers who will support any cause no matter how misguided. Life is not black and white as some people would like to think. I am a liberal and I think for myself and make decisions for myself..........not for my political parties agenda!

Answer 2

"Modern liberalism advocates usually a limited degree of government interference in the free market, often in the form of anti-discrimination laws, civil service examinations, universal education, and progressive taxation."

"This philosophy frequently extends to a belief that the government should provide for a degree of general welfare, including the dole for the poor, housing for the homeless, and medical care for the sick."

Liberals are a feel good party. higher minimum wage, corporations are bad, everyone should be the same. over the years the liberals have become more socialistic and feel that government can solve all problems,
Conservatives look at government as the problem

I always tell people if you know who you are then find the group that is closest to your beliefs you can take a test here and find all your answers including links to the party most like you

http://www.3pc.net/matchmaker/index.html

Answer 3

Liberal

was the lable of the progressive in thinking and social progress.

The beliefs involve the betterment of all humanity in all societies.

in the modern sense of american politics it is hard to have one clear definition

as the democratic party is an unbrella that has parts that are not liberal.....for example Bill Clinon tech was not a liberal but a moderate Democrat.

The liberal party in other countries are much more etre



more latter gotta go......

Answer 4

the first to answer will probably say something negative about another....

I am a Liberal, I believe in God, but I am not a born-again Christian, I do not follow the teachings of Evangelical Preachers and Ministers, thousands of them have run rampant through America for 60 years, the Crusades and Tent Revivals that teach intolerance.
I believe that God gave me free will, I am a free thinker, I read history, non-fiction, the encyclopedia, the dictionary, listen to both sides or all sides of an issue, before I make a decision about how I will believe or think...
... I will not follow those who teach, I will learn, so I may teach myself,,,,

Answer 5

Liberals today are basically socialists.

They want to take away from the earners, and give to the non-earners.

They want the government to control all business, and distribute funds evenly to everyone. Eventually noone would work, and there would be no funds to distribute.

Answer 6

A liberal is a person:

having political or social views favoring reform and progress

who is tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

Answer 7

A liberal basically wants a more egalitarian society and it is all-inclusive in their beliefs, as it discriminates against no one.

Answer 8

Basically, someone who attempts to look at all sides of an issue, and whose primary concern is for the "people" of the United States. "...of the people, by the people, and for the people..."

Answer 9

People that believe others should take care of those that "won't"