what does Liberalism mean? and plz mention if you support it?

Answer 1

Liberalism mean, "a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties."
Yes, I support these beliefs.

EDIT:
The third guy is somewhat mistaken, the lower taxes during the last three supposed conservative Presidents, coincided with the largest percentage growth in Federal Government.
Reagan, Bush, and now the second President Bush all caused more spending and Government growth then any so called liberal he describes.

As for the other answer.
If believing in The Bill of Rights is a "mental disorder", commit me.
And don't even try to claim your 2nd Amendment rights, that would be very liberal of you.

Answer 2

I am somewhere in the middle between liberalism and conservativism. I think people should think for themselves, and should provide for themselves, and not depend on government to provide for them. Taxing the workers to support the lazy fakers who pretend they can't work just isn't fair. And I know there are some legitimate cases of folks who really can't make a living, and I think they should be supported, but I think it would be better done by free will charity organizations than by taxes and government.

Too many liberals that I've heard speak about giving more rights to people but what they really mean by that is taking rights away, because in order to qualify for their new program they thought up, the poor person must give up a little freedom. For instance, if you want free medical care, you have to go to the doctor they want you to see. To qualify for welfare, you have to go to a meeting with so and so to check up on how you're doing, etc. How much better to offer the poor a job than a handout check! And by job I do not mean creating more casinos.

Answer 3

Liberalism means different things at different times, and to different people. Its original meaning was what today we might call 'self-determination', the right of people to control their own lives both economically and politically.

Today in politics it means more 'the greatest good for the greatest number of people. For instance, liberals are not really anti-capitalism, but they see that capitalism has deteriorated in our time into a system that sacrifices the good of most for the good of a small few, and liberals don't think that's right.

The Republicans have destroyed the meaning of the word 'liberal' in recent years by using to to mean anyone they disagreed with or anything they didn't like. So Hitler and Stalin and Mao were all 'liberals'. Newt Gingrich said that Bill Clinton was 'the most liberal president in American history', which was certainly not true by any real definition of liberal, it just meant that he really didn't like him.

Wealth and power in the US have grown dangerously concentrated. Billionaires are richer than ever before, but we also have millions of homeless. 85-90% of people living beneath the poverty line are not 'lazy' welfare recipients, they work full-time but are poor anyway. Republicans bluster and posture about illegal immigration but they really LOVE illegal immigrants because a large ready pool of immigrant labor keeps wages down for -all- workers.

Anyway, that is the basic idea of liberalism today, the greatest good for the biggest number of people. And I support that. Today we call ourselves 'Progressives' because we measure the value of society by -progression-, a constant improvement in the standard of living of working people. In the US our standard of living hasn't improved in 25-30 years. Most of us are struggling to stay even, even though the economy continues to improve.

Answer 4

While the first guy gave the definition straight out of the dictionary, what it is by definition and what is practiced are two vastly different things. Liberalism by definition is great. But so is communism. The problem is, that when you get liberalism, you get people who pandering to the masses about how they will create this utopian society by creating countless government programs meant to help everyone when they're actually creating an ineffiecient, welfare machine that causes people to have a sense of entitlement with a dependency on government for day to day needs. More programs equal more taxes and less business. In conservatism, the free market reigns supreme and hard work and innovation are rewarded. Those that want something bad enough, will go out and earn it. Lower taxes equal more business and less government.

Answer 5

Liberals are lovely, conservatives are grumpy!

Answer 6

I support it, but I am not sure what they mean.

Answer 7

Liberalism is a mental disorder.
it abuses the true freedom.