Dictionary definition: Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. What it has come to mean: in the last 25 years the word "liberal" has become code for all the "worst" political traits of people on the left of the political spectrum... even if the ideas themselves are NO LONGER ideas for reform! In fact, when you look at the definition of the word subjects like welfare reform are liberal... unless you're in America, in which case they are conservative? That's another one...

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