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:I agree the contemporary, popular use of the term "liberal" is a misnomer, particularly in the United States.  The correct term is "socialist," even with its US shading to mean "treasonous," which is becoming more apparant as time goes by.  It is unfortunate, Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman, and Boris Yeltsin, all [[classical liberal]]s, did somewhat rehabitilate the term in the 1980s & early 90s, but the old perjoritives all came back to stick (most probably through Rush Limbaugh and the lifting of the [[Fairness Doctrine]], which is very well explained in CP's entry).  FWIW, it looks like we're stuck with the pejoritive, contemporary American meaning of the term liberal.  Of course, the [[MSM]] and the [[DNC]] have been of little help in clarifing its real meaning.  [[User:RobS|Rob Smith]] 22:05, 5 August 2007 (EDT)

:I agree the contemporary, popular use of the term "liberal" is a misnomer, particularly in the United States.  The correct term is "socialist," even with its US shading to mean "treasonous," which is becoming more apparant as time goes by.  It is unfortunate, Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman, and Boris Yeltsin, all [[classical liberal]]s, did somewhat rehabitilate the term in the 1980s & early 90s, but the old perjoritives all came back to stick (most probably through Rush Limbaugh and the lifting of the [[Fairness Doctrine]], which is very well explained in CP's entry).  FWIW, it looks like we're stuck with the pejoritive, contemporary American meaning of the term liberal.  Of course, the [[MSM]] and the [[DNC]] have been of little help in clarifing its real meaning.  [[User:RobS|Rob Smith]] 22:05, 5 August 2007 (EDT)