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[[Image:Liberal Brain.jpg|thumb|230px|top|<center>A satirical conception of the liberal brain.</center>]]
 
[[Image:Liberal Brain.jpg|thumb|230px|top|<center>A satirical conception of the liberal brain.</center>]]
 
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A '''liberal''' is a believer in many of the following political positions:
Liberalism encompasses a wide variety of philosophies and ideologies which value individual liberty, freedom of thought and equality of opportunities. A '''liberal''' can be a believer in many of the following political positions:
      
* Tax and spend government
 
* Tax and spend government
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* Government-rationed and taxpayer-funded medical care
 
* Government-rationed and taxpayer-funded medical care
 
* Taxpayer-funded "free" [[public education]]
 
* Taxpayer-funded "free" [[public education]]
* The denial of inherent [[gender differences]] and wanting men and women to have the same access to jobs in the [[military]]
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* The denial of inherent [[gender differences]] and wanting men and women to have the same jobs in the [[military]]
 
* [[Same-sex marriage]]
 
* [[Same-sex marriage]]
 
* [[Affirmative action]]
 
* [[Affirmative action]]
 
* [[Political correctness]]<ref>[http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/27429.html Politically Correct Terrorism] ''The Conservative Voice'', August 21, 2007</ref>
 
* [[Political correctness]]<ref>[http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/27429.html Politically Correct Terrorism] ''The Conservative Voice'', August 21, 2007</ref>
 
* [[Censorship]] of [[prayer]] in classrooms and school sponsored events
 
* [[Censorship]] of [[prayer]] in classrooms and school sponsored events
* [[Labor union]]s
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* Labor [[union]]s
 
* Elimination of [[abstinence]]-only program funding <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286671,00.html Democrats Aim To Kill Abstinence-Only Program Funding], [[Fox News]], Monday, June 25, 2007</ref>
 
* Elimination of [[abstinence]]-only program funding <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286671,00.html Democrats Aim To Kill Abstinence-Only Program Funding], [[Fox News]], Monday, June 25, 2007</ref>
 
* A "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted, thwarting the amendment process specified in the Constitution as written.
 
* A "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted, thwarting the amendment process specified in the Constitution as written.
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* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]
 
* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]
 
* Abolition of death penalty
 
* Abolition of death penalty
* [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]], for example.</ref>
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* [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]] engages in environmentalism.</ref>
 
* [[Disarmament treaties]]
 
* [[Disarmament treaties]]
* [[Globalism]]
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* [[Globalism]]<ref>See also [[Republican in name only]]</ref>
 
* Opposition to a strong American foreign policy <ref>Stefaan Walgrave and Joris Verhulst, [http://nicomedia.math.upatras.gr/conf/CAWM2003/Papers/Verhulst.pdf The February 15 Worldwide Protests against a War in Iraq: An Empirical Test of Transnational Opportunities. Outline of a Research Programme](PDF).</ref>
 
* Opposition to a strong American foreign policy <ref>Stefaan Walgrave and Joris Verhulst, [http://nicomedia.math.upatras.gr/conf/CAWM2003/Papers/Verhulst.pdf The February 15 Worldwide Protests against a War in Iraq: An Empirical Test of Transnational Opportunities. Outline of a Research Programme](PDF).</ref>
 
* Support of obscenity and pornography as a [[First Amendment]] right<ref>The [[Warren Court]], led by [[liberal]] Justices [[William O. Douglas]], [[Hugo Black]], [[Abe Fortas]], [[William Brennan]] and Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] issued 36 decisions granting [[First Amendment]] rights to obscenity and pornography.  These decisions remain fully supported by liberals today.</ref>
 
* Support of obscenity and pornography as a [[First Amendment]] right<ref>The [[Warren Court]], led by [[liberal]] Justices [[William O. Douglas]], [[Hugo Black]], [[Abe Fortas]], [[William Brennan]] and Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] issued 36 decisions granting [[First Amendment]] rights to obscenity and pornography.  These decisions remain fully supported by liberals today.</ref>
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* Limiting [[conservative]] talk radio by reinstating the [[Fairness Doctrine]]
 
* Limiting [[conservative]] talk radio by reinstating the [[Fairness Doctrine]]
 
* Promoting [[liberal deceit]] if it advances their goals, or at least tolerating it
 
* Promoting [[liberal deceit]] if it advances their goals, or at least tolerating it
* Opposition to domestic wire-tapping as authorized in the [[Patriot Act]]
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* Support of the formation of a secular police state {{fact}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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* [[Conservapedia:Articles about liberals|Articles about liberals]]
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* [[Classical liberal]]
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* [[Drinking Liberally]]
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* [[Godless liberal]]
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* [[Hollywood values]]
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* [[Last wordism]]
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* [[:Category:Liberal activists|Liberal activists]]
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* [[Liberal arts]]
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* [[Liberal Arts college]]
   
* [[Liberal Bias]]
 
* [[Liberal Bias]]
* [[Essay:Liberal celebrity obsession|Liberal celebrity obsession]]
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* [[Liberal Hypocrisy]]
* [[Essay:Liberal Behavior on Conservapedia|Liberal Behavior on Conservapedia]]
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* [[Essay:Liberal Style]]
* [[Liberal Christianity]]
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* [[The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness]]
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* [[Conservative Links]]
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* [[Liberal denial]]
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* [[Liberal hypocrisy]]
 
* [[Liberal deceit]]
 
* [[Liberal deceit]]
* [[Liberal Democrats]]
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* [[Liberal quotient]]
* [[Liberal denial]]
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* [[Liberal Elite]]
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* [[Essay: Liberal Falsehoods|Liberal Falsehoods]]
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* [[Liberal Fascism]]
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* [[Liberal friendship]]
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* [[Liberal Gloss]]
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* [[Liberal grading]]
   
* [[Liberal hate speech]]
 
* [[Liberal hate speech]]
* [[Liberal Hypocrisy]]
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* [[Essay:Liberal hysteria|Liberal hysteria]]
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* [[Liberal ideology]]
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* [[Essay:Liberal Intellectualism|Liberal Intellectualism]]
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* [[Liberalism and art]]
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* [[Liberal labels]]
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* [[Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right|Liberal Lies About the American Right]]
   
* [[Liberal logic]]
 
* [[Liberal logic]]
* [[The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness|Liberal Mind]]
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* [[Liberal Myths]]
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* [[Liberal obfuscation]]
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* [[Liberal Party]]
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* [[Liberal quotient]]
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* [[Liberal supremacist]]
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* [[Essay:Liberal Style|Liberal Style]]
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* [[Liberal tools]]
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* [[Liberal tricks]]
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* [[Liberal values]]
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* [[Massachusetts Liberal]]
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* [[Professor values]]
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==Further Information==
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* [[Conservative Links]]
      
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Politics]]
 
[[Category:Politics]]
 
[[Category:Political ideologies]]
 
[[Category:Political ideologies]]
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[[Category:Deceit]]
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[[Category:Liberals]]
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