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| | :'''''Liberal''' in its secular meaning, describes someone who favors personal [[freedom]] in all its forms<ref>Etymology [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=liberal]</ref>, as long as it does not conflict with the freedom of others '' | | :'''''Liberal''' in its secular meaning, describes someone who favors personal [[freedom]] in all its forms<ref>Etymology [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=liberal]</ref>, as long as it does not conflict with the freedom of others '' |
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| − | There is little, ort no difference between the two; an editor posted on [[Talk:Political spectrum#Criticisms of a one-dimensional view]] this proposed language for that article, | + | There is little, or no difference between the two; an editor posted on [[Talk:Political spectrum#Criticisms of a one-dimensional view]] this proposed language for that article, |
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| | :''[[libertarian]]s say that their point of view - advocating personal freedom in all its forms, as long as it does not conflict with the freedom of others, is not a left-wing or right-wing position.'' | | :''[[libertarian]]s say that their point of view - advocating personal freedom in all its forms, as long as it does not conflict with the freedom of others, is not a left-wing or right-wing position.'' |
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| − | So, to avoid and further confusion on all these issues, I have made a reversion. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:07, 10 April 2007 (EDT) | + | So, to avoid any further confusion on all these issues, I have made a reversion. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:07, 10 April 2007 (EDT) |
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| | == Andy... falsehoods? == | | == Andy... falsehoods? == |
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| | Andy, I can't find anything wrong with the paragraph that you deleted. It properly contrasts the difference between "liberal" in the classical economic sense, and "liberal" in the TV-punditry sense. It also appropriately treated the civil rights era. Is the only thing wrong with that paragraph that you don't like it's implications?-'''<font color="#007FFF">Ames</font><font color="#FF0000">G</font>'''<sub>[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]</sub> 11:47, 13 April 2007 (EDT) | | Andy, I can't find anything wrong with the paragraph that you deleted. It properly contrasts the difference between "liberal" in the classical economic sense, and "liberal" in the TV-punditry sense. It also appropriately treated the civil rights era. Is the only thing wrong with that paragraph that you don't like it's implications?-'''<font color="#007FFF">Ames</font><font color="#FF0000">G</font>'''<sub>[http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:AmesG yo!]</sub> 11:47, 13 April 2007 (EDT) |