What is the difference between someone who is Liberal (capital L) and liberal (lower case L)?

Question

There has to be a least one person here who understands the difference.

g - I do not think you are stupid. Actually, I believe you are one of the more enlightened people on this forum. On this issue, I can agree to disagree.

Answer 1

Liberal is what the American left are and liberal is what they claim to be. The first is the truth the second is a lie.

Answer 2

In the United States, there isn't a real difference. In countries such as Canada or Australia, that actually have parties named the "Liberal Party", it would be the difference between somebody who was a member of that party and someone who supported the general tenets of liberalism. But since there's no such party in the US (except in New York), there isn't a difference.

Answer 3

A Liberal is someone under constant attack by shock jock conservative radio commentators for being on the opposite side of whatever issue they are on.

A liberal is someone open to new ideas whose mind is not made up until many, many facts are discovered and accepted as true after some analysis of both sides of an issue.

Answer 4

A Liberal would be a member of the Liberal Party of, to name one country, Britain. There are others on Earth.

A liberal would be a person embracing the liberal philosophy, as defined in the dictionary..

Answer 5

Yeah, it's called semantics. No matter what some book or course may tell you, there is no liberal party so there can only be a liberal point of view. You are really splitting hairs with your insistence that there is some difference.

Answer 6

There is no difference that I'm aware of. The upper case use is a writer's discretion. There is a difference between European liberals (who are much closer to American conservatives) and American liberals who are closer to European socialists. There is also a difference between present-day American liberals (socialistic) and what are now known as classical liberals--people like Hayek, von Mises, and Adam Smith--who support the American free enterprise system and free, democratic governments.

Answer 7

Liberal is the old school, Adam Smith type of 'Liberal' who advocates strict laissez faire free market capitalism.

The term 'liberal' is a label for those of us who believe in personal freedoms and a more regulated version of free-market capitalism.

Answer 8

Liberal (capital L) is a proper noun, same as Democrat or Republican. "liberal" (lower case, is an adjective), typically used to describe one's views on many subjects including politics.

I see your point.

Answer 9

One has an incorrect letter, depending on how you use it!

All Democrats are not liberal. All liberals are not Democrats,.

The definition of liberal is not that they are against tax cuts for the wealthy while they cut services to the poor. That is just plain common human decency!

Answer 10

The sad thing is that thier is no liberal or conservative party anymore. The 2 parties are corporate owned and controlled not by americans but foriegn interests.