Meaning of word LIBERAL

[LVdem]

lib·er·al      (lbr-l, lbrl)
adj.
1. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; FREE FROM BIGOTRY.

2. Favoring proposals for reform, OPEN TO NEW IDEAS for progress, and TOLERANT OF THE IDEAS AND BEHAVIOR OF OTHERS; BROAD-MINDED.

Let your Repug friends know the meaning of the word...

[shockingelk]

1. Repubs speak of "libruls"

Which has a different definition.

[Kire]

2. source is dictionary.com

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=liberal


or more specifically

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

[LVdem]

5. Thanks Kire...

Still getting my feet wet here!

[Democrat 4 Ever]

14. Oh, please, do you honestly think that the people who

smear the word liberal is going to understand a highfalutin dictionary definition of the word, do you? In their little mind-hate worlds, liberal means evil and money grubbing - end of discussion. They don't allow themselves to be swayed by facts, logic or education. It's the elitist in them.

[knowbody0]

3. makes you feel like you woke up in hell

that liberal is a BAD thing. how did that happen?

[grace0418]

4. Not to be a salesperson or anything but

I got so sick of hearing the word liberal like it was an insult that I made t-shirts with the definition of liberal right on them. They're on my CafePress page (link below). They're selling well, too, I think others feel that same way. ARGH!

[liberal N proud]

9. Grace, You forgot the link

[grace0418]

10. It's in my signature line...

www.cafepress.com/geelove

[liberal N proud]

11. Thanks

[swag]

6. from the Latin "liberalis" - of or pertaining to a free person

[liberal N proud]

7. From Websters, but they all mean the same thing

I put it in their face every time they bring it up, especially the Christians.
Liberalism:
lib·er·al·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lbr--lzm, lbr-)
n.
1. The state or quality of being liberal.

2.
a.A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority.
b. often Liberalism The tenets or policies of a Liberal party.
3. An economic theory in favor of laissez-faire, the free market, and the gold standard.
4. Liberalism
a. A 19th-century Protestant movement that favored free intellectual inquiry, stressed the ethical and humanitarian content of Christianity, and de-emphasized dogmatic theology.
b. A 19th-century Roman Catholic movement that favored political democracy and ecclesiastical reform but was theologically orthodox.

[underpants]

8. Liberals (Progressives) supported the American Revolution

Conservatives supported the English crown.

Remember that.

[The Revolution]

12. Kennedy quote

What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."

--John F. Kennedy

I've posted this before but I really like it :)

[undercover_brother]

13. read the synonymns for conservative from the Thesaurus on the same site.

Entry: conservative
Function: adjective
Definition: moderate
Synonyms: bourgeois, cautious, constant, controlled, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fogyish, fuddy-duddy, guarded, hard hat, hidebound, holding to, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road, not extreme, obstinate, old guard, old-line, orthodox, quiet, red-neck, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, traditionalistic, unchangeable, unchanging, uncreative, undaring, unimaginative, unprogressive, white bread