Comments on: Bury the Word “Liberal”

By: RBIII

RBIII — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:29:54 +0000

The term that most accurately describes the American Left is "Statist".

By: Radegunda

Radegunda — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:45:17 +0000

Keith, I'm not impressed by your ability to write an English sentence or form a cogent argument. Are you a recent product of Democrat-controlled public education?

By: Bruce Fancher

Bruce Fancher — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:25:46 +0000

Thank you, David! Whenever politics comes up in conversation and someone calls me a conservative, I always correct them and say, "No, I'm a liberal." Then I explain what the original meaning of the word liberal was (and still is in Europe) and that people who call themselves "liberals" today would more accurately be described as "socialists" or "statists." Although, classical liberals often describe themselves as "libertarian," I prefer the sound of "liberal," and I don't see any reason to use a term that was invented solely because a group of radicals decided to misappropriate a word that already had a clear and widely understood meaning. I don't mind the word "progressive" so much because while it's disingenuous, it's not as blatantly dishonest as using a term derived from the word "liberty" to describe people who's political positions are defined by their opposition to allowing citizens the freedom to make their own decisions. Although, I don't expect other conservatives to start calling themselves "liberals," I wish they'd stop using it to describe their opponents on the left, and start calling what they are.

By: Paardestaart

Paardestaart — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:39:06 +0000

Keith – you are totally missing the point.
Or do you mean to say that president Eisenhower would label calling someone you aren't impressed with a "damn filthy Nazi" as "honest dissent"?

By: keith

keith — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:06:21 +0000

I'm not impressed with Clarence Thomas, and i also think that when you show dissent toward our goverment, it dosen't mean your unpatriot, let me quote a former rebuplican president of the united states (Men and women who dare's to dissent from accepted doctrine of their heir's, may we never confuse hoest dissent from disloyal subversions)…….by….Dwight..D.. Eisenhower….

By: "gunner"

"gunner" — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:13:00 +0000

i know who clarence thomas is, and consider him a wise man, worthy of respect. who is this "mike malone" person, and why should i consider his opinion worth my time and. attention

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:47 +0000

He looks evil.

By: JadamSon

JadamSon — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:25:43 +0000

Agree! Time to discontinue giving the COMMUNISTS a pass with politically correct labels like Progressives, Liberals, Far Left.! God needs to be restored to His RIGHTFUL PLACE in America!!!!! as written by our Founding Fathers; most TRUE AMERICANS KNOW, our Judeo-Christian Heritage is as much a part of America's History as the Constitution itself! American public education system also needs a TOTAL OVERHAUL and GENUINE AMERICAN HISTORY + THE CONSTITUTION, and consequences of COMMUNISM (all flavors) exposed for the FAILURE they inevitably bring to a nation it permeates and poisons! The entitlement mentality is the real world for such a large portion of the American population, maybe it's time to re-write the voting eligibility laws where only those who pay taxes are allowed to vote! The welfare state will always vote themselves whatever entitlement the government offers. We are close to a tipping point where the Nanny state supporters outnumber those who work for what they have and are self accountable, teaching their children the same!

By: swathdiver

swathdiver — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:26:24 +0000

Malloy is immoral and EVIL as is his ideology, communism.

By: therealend

therealend — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:03:37 +0000

I'd have to say that the Thomas confirmation hearings were more like the Salem witch trials in that Clarnence Thomas had to prove he was not a sexual harrasser (I guess that's kind of like a witch) against the unsubstantiated claims of his accuser (also kind of like a witch). Well, I thought we did away with that kind of thing a long time ago. Are we starting it up again? (If we are, then Pelosi's a ….)

By: ant

ant — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:12:41 +0000

I agree those who are nowadays called liberals actually operate in the world of limitations. Whether it's the idea minorities cannot succeed without them or the belief our planet cannot provide for the very life that began on it.

By: Ron Livaudais

Ron Livaudais — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:12:31 +0000

Clarence Thomas is the product of someone who is self-reliant and holds the 'individual' above
the progressive 'group-think' mentality. He's an independent thinker who upholds and protects
the Constitution as our founding fathers would want. Progressives hate those, who especially
are black, and can, by reason and rational thought, annihilate the meaningless flatulations of
their 'government dependent' ideology.