self help kit for concern trolls

[Zorra]

68. There is nothing wrong with being a liberal, or referring to yourself as a liberal.

Liberal is not a dirty word, and conservative is not something to be admired, like Rush has been pounding into people's heads since the 80's.

Honest. Really.

It is not only OK, it is a good thing to be a liberal!

Geez, the anti- liberal propaganda that started in the Reagan years, and continues in full force through today, has been frighteningly effective.

I'm proud to be a liberal Democrat. I am a liberal Democrat. I am a liberal Democrat. I am a liberal Democrat. Liberal liberal liberal liberal liberal.

I feel the need to distinguish myself from members of the Third Way party, who deviously refer to themselves as Democrats, because I am horrified at being lumped into the same group as they are.

It is a shame that I feel the need to use the qualifier word liberal before the word Democrat, to make it clear that I actually believe in traditional Democratic Party ideology.

But, yep. I am a liberal Democrat. And I totally resent that you are apparently trying to label people who refer to themselves as liberal Democrats as concern trolls for some reason.

I am a liberal Democrat.

Just like these folks are liberal Democrats.

Liberalism in the United States is a broad political philosophy centered on the unalienable rights of the individual. The fundamental liberal ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion for all belief systems, and the separation of church and state, right to due process and equality under the law are widely accepted as a common foundation across the spectrum of liberal thought. The main focus of modern liberalism in the United States includes issues such as voting rights for all adult citizens, equal rights, protection of the environment, and the provision by the government of social services, such as: equal education opportunities, access to health care, transportation infrastructure, basic food for the hungry and basic shelter for the homeless. Some American liberals, who call themselves classical liberals, neoliberals, or libertarians, support fundamental liberal ideals but disagree with modern liberal thought, holding that economic freedom is more important than equality of opportunity, and that promoting the general welfare of society exceeds the legitimate role of government.[1]

Without a qualifier, the term "liberalism" since the 1930s in the United States usually refers to "modern liberalism", a political philosophy exemplified by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and, later, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. It is a form of social liberalism, whose accomplishments include the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act in 1935, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Community Reinvestment Act and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Other than the liberal Democrat thing, I agree with your OP.