The "L" word-----(liberal)

[SoFlaJet]

notice how they have managed to turn it into a bad word?My cousin says HE calls HIMSELF a liberal PROUDLY and we all should.Don't let them get away with it- it ain;t no sin to care about other people who aren't rich republicans so F them I AM A PROUD LIBERAL you bastards

[Kazak]

1. Never have been ashamed of it, and...

never will be. :D

[NoodleBoy]

2. wurd

[Working Class Hero]

3. It was Bush 41

who turned Liberal into Librul. "That tax & spend Librul!" he would say when referring to Clinton. I always refer people to the dictionary definition of the word then proudly state that I am a Liberal.

[PurityOfEssence]

4. That would be me

I proudly pronounce it right in their spluttering faces. Conservatism is for selfish people who are afraid of change, unable to deal with complexity and want to force everyone to be just like them. It's a model of dealing with the world based on fear of change or the unknown, and its dynamic is oppression and persecution.

Liberalism is based on the humility that it's all a work in process, and we all need to pitch in to make it better for everyone.

Rub their noses in it.

It's like what Bill Maher says (who's DEFINITELY not a liberal, and is true to his colors): "look up the word in the dictionary, there's nothing wrong with that word."

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

5. If being Liberal

was good enough for Thomas Jefferson, it's good enough for me! :)

[merh]

6. I have proudly enjoyed the title as a liberal.

To be thought of as a conservative would mean that my heart had shrunk to the size of the grinches.

[Robbien]

7. They are trying to make it a bad word again

They tried to make Kerry out as a liberal and a bad thing, but it didn't take. Now they are dragging it out again for Edwards. It is not going to work again.

We are liberals, and proud of it.

[kentuck]

8. Isn't "liberal" from the same root word as "liberty" ?

What's wrong with that?

[TheFarseer]

10. liberty sucks, freedom is where it's at

There's a reason we didn't call them "liberty fries"

[Coventina]

9. I described myself as a liberal in French class today

(en francais, naturallement!) ;-)

It was very liberating!!

[Lastgasp]

11. LIBERAL is a good word . . .

. . . it means generous, openminded, warmhearted and munificent. Give me a liberal dose of liberalism.