What is your definition of liberal?

[LWolf]

86. I have 2 definitions.

Economically liberal = corporatist, neo-liberal, "centrist..." all bad.

Socially liberal is tolerant of differences in others, is about freedom of choice within the limits of doing no harm. The "doing no harm" part is why I'm not so tolerant of economic liberals; they harm many.

Progressive? A term used by centrists to redefine what "liberal" means, and part of the name of the DLC's think tank, the "Progressive Policy Institute," an Orwellian reference to the activism and reforms of the Progressive Era, reframing "progressives" to actually SUPPORT the fat cats.

I'm sure both of those terms mean many things to many people, which is why I don't use them much. When a term is that open to interpretation, and that vaguely defined, it invites the possibility of abuse through manipulative, misleading propaganda. Re-defining common terms for the purpose of marketing is a common practice in the modern world.

It's also why I am not much interested in whether or not "a person" agrees with my definition or not; I already know that it's too late to agree on one clearly defined meaning for the terms.