[OFB Cafe] PD: Something to Fan the Flames... OFB Endorses Candidates

[Timothy Butler]

>>
>> You don't understand the term "liberal".........we don't agree on  
>> it's
>> meaning.
>
> Ok, well, you can go ahead and redefine "liberal" to mean "socialist",
> but I'll stand by my statement that the two have nothing to do with
> one another.  Liberals believe in freedom.  Be it economic freedom,
> freedom of (or from) religion, freedom of speech, freedom of travel,
> freedom of lifestyle choices, etc.  Socialists believe in large
> government-run social programs and safety nets.

	I think most people these days will distinguish between European  
Liberalism (classical) and American Liberalism. Really, if you think  
about it, liberalism and conservatism are nebulous terms prone to  
change, since, after all, what once was liberal is now conservative  
if it is the long running, dominate viewpoint.

	We'd all be liberals from the perspective of only a few hundred  
years ago.

	I'll hang my hat on libertarian style liberalism, in theory, I just  
don't see that becoming a practical reality. Do you, Fred?



	-Tim


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