Since I am a liberal by definition....Does that make all the people on here I call liberals far left wackos?

Question

according to dictionary.com:

"a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual" ---I believe in freedom of individuals to work and run business without government controlling it.

"governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties" ----I don't like the left wing trying to change our civil liberties, such as our 'right to bear arms', etc.

Should i start calling them "neolibs" since the definition of liberalism has changed basically to socialism?

Answer 1

Not an answer, rather a lesson on how there became two distinct party's...in other words, a history lesson!!
Humans originally existed as members of small bands of
nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the
mountains during the summer and would go to the coast
and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the
invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel
was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation
of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the
splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the
beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum
can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting
around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close
to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q
at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning
of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting
learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for
the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair
dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women.
The rest became known as girliemen.

Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the
domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy,
group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide
how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by
the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the
elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but
most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They
eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu,
and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their
women have higher testosterone levels than their men.
Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists,
dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals.
Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it
wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat
and still provide for their women. Conservatives are
big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks,
construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police
officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines and
generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives
who own companies hire other conservatives
who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern
the producers and decide what to do with the production.
Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than
Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained
in Europe when conservatives were coming to America.
They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and
created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history: It should be
noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to
angrily respond to the above before forwarding it. A
Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of
the absolute truth of this history that it will be
forwarded immediately to other true believers and
to more liberals just to piss them off.

Semper Fi
CJ

Answer 2

I don't know who Lenny Davis is, but he was NOT "Bill Clinton's" Press Secretary -- his White House Press Secretaries were: Dee Dee Myers, Mike McCurry, Joe Lockhart and Jack Siewart. LANNY Davis was a former "lawyer in the Clinton Adminstration and close friend of Joe Lieberman" (New York Times) This is the Cheney talking point line that Lieberman has been using and just shows that democrats were right to defeat Lieberman in the primary. People are getting tired of this crap anyway.

Answer 3

well... there's quite a bit more too it than that...

but yes, you have a point... pretty much everyone is liberal on some things... not on others... even the people many call "liberals"...

but, it's all about how society defines terms at the time... and of course... language is always changing and definitions of words are always changing... so it can get a bit tricky...

but, you should probably be liberal on more than those two issues to be considered a liberal...

this kind of reminds me of "neo-liberalism"... and Reagan... if you're familiar with that...

Answer 4

I'm not sure what it makes them. I've heard the term "reactionary liberal" used. As oxymoronic as it sounds, there is some truth to it. It is ironic that many of the self described liberals are so intolerant & resistant to change. They was liberal & conservative are used now, is different from what you will find in dictionaries. Lexecocraphers are generally conservative (in the dictionary sense). They are reluctant to change things.

Answer 5

I would not worry about Liberal taking your guns away after 911 and the corrupt politician we have today. Most my friends are Liberals and none of us want to take your guns away or have a abortion. Corporations are not people and do not have feelings their job is to serve "We the People" without harm. Because of the power of corporation and we see the evidence with elections and lobbying is all "We the People" have to make sure corporation are not harming humans for profit.

Answer 6

Liberalism is the philosophy of the stupid.- Mark Levin

Answer 7

i am a lib and i agree with you. i don't like being categorized with some nuts on the far left just like i am sure that some repubs don't like to fall in that category with the far right religious fanatics. some are just to lazy or simple minded to distinguish the two

Answer 8

When I was asking myself that same question a few years ago, I decided that I was a conservative. I refuse to be associated with today's liberals.

Answer 9

that is correct. people associate liberal as being a democrat on this site for some reason. go figure...
http://www.nra.org/

nixon was the last "true" liberal president. look it up if you must.

Answer 10

No. Us Liberals have always known what the definition of being liberal is.