| − | '''"Liberalism-ism"''' is a term coined by [[British]] conservative [[politician]] Douglas Carswell to describe the irrational belief that anything labelled "[[liberal]]"<ref>http://www.talkcarswell.com/libe092.htm</ref>, "[[progressive]]" or "[[modern]]" must be inherently right, and anything labelled "[[conservative]]", "[[reactionary]]" or "[[regressive]]" must be inherently bad. He argues that the irrational belief in "progress" towards an imaginary goal has reached such a level that it may be itself termed an ideology; ''"the irrational belief in the ideology of liberalism"'', says Carswell in "The Left was Never Right", "''has reached the level of an ideology in its own right; '''"liberalism-ism."'''<ref>The Left Was Never Right, Douglas Carswell</ref> | + | '''"Liberalism-ism"''' is a term coined by [[British]] conservative [[politician]] [[Douglas Carswell]] to describe the belief that anything labelled "[[liberal]],"<ref>http://www.talkcarswell.com/libe092.htm</ref> or "[[progressive]]," or "[[Social Justice|social]]" must be inherently good, and anything labelled "[[conservative]]," or "[[Traditional values|traditional]]," or "[[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]]" must be inherently bad. He argues that this notion of the [[political spectrum]], a belief that "progress" is gained only by enacting stricter or greater legislation in order to achieve an [[idealist]] goal, has reached such a level that it may be itself termed an [[ideology]]; ''"the irrational belief in the ideology of liberalism"'', says Carswell in "The Left was Never Right", "''has reached the level of an ideology in its own right; '''"liberalism-ism."'''<ref>The Left Was Never Right, Douglas Carswell</ref> |