Liberalism
An ideology based on beliefs of economic and personal freedom, and the fact that social inequalities are a part of nature. (Also
libertarianism to the American readers.)A definition later to be distorted by Americans, who mainly associate "
liberalism" with being
left-wing on the political scale, disregarding the original and correct sense of the word.
Liberalism
by Secular leftist on Oct 21, 2005 16:02:05
Liberalism is a political philosophy-ideology favouring centrist-laissez-faire economics, willing to comprimise a bit. Additionally,
liberalism advocates for the invidualist freedoms, including democratic rights. They support a democracy. Liberals are also advocate of
separation of church and state, open-disscusion,
Social Progressivism and centrism.
Example:
Liberalism has it's own
radicalized variations, not
centristic. One such radicalized variation is Libertarianism. In the US, people confuse liberals with Social democrats, democratic socialists, and anyone not a conservative. Liberals, however, differ from Social democrats in not supporting too many
government funded programs, being more to the right. They are, although, willing to make comprimises with them and conservatives.
Liberalism
by IAmRonPaul on May 15, 2014 08:10:42
While modern terminology refers to
liberalism as the left political spectrum, there are also many other types of liberalism. Examples being:
Progressive liberalism: Normally associated with the Democratic Party. Is known for welfare programs, increased social freedom, and advocating for civil rights. Is also infamous for increasing taxes to pay for these welfare programs, and an insistence on overemphasized political correctness.
Corporatist liberalism: Normally associated with the Republican Party. Also referred to as "conservatism," which means conserving the present economic system. Believes in minimizing taxes for corporations and businesses, increased economic freedom, and privatizing social benefit programs currently run by the government. Is also infamous for restricted social freedom, increased pollution rates while in power, and minimal regulation of stock market fluctuations.
Classical liberalism: Normally associated with
the Libertarian Party. Is known for restricted extracontinental activity, wishing to abolish income taxes, and little to no social/economic restrictions. Is not infamous for anything because we haven't had the sense to elect any of them to anything more than a local office.
Example:
Tyrone D'amonte is a Progressive. He enjoys playing b-ball with his homies, slinging dope, and
car jumping. When caught by the police, he asserts he "didn do nuffin" and accuses them of being racist. He spends his welfare check on smoke instead of the 9 children and their mother who works 3 jobs at home.
Cletus Crawford is a
Corporatist. He works at Kentucky
Lumberyard Co. and enjoys working overtime 7 days a week. He doesn't like all them homo-sexals and coons comin up into his neighborhood and
terkin his
jerbs. He drives a rusty 1992 Ford Ranger filled with empty whisky flasks and spent cigars. He lives in a trailer on the far side of Lexington and normally beats his children.
Steve Smith is a Classical. While in school, he received acceptable grades and after high school, was accepted into ITT Birmingham. After graduating from college, he started his own business creating digital images via the CAD software. He freelances his services between making banners to be used by LGBT at their conventions and creating blueprints for new civilian rifles for Heckler & Koch.
These are all examples of liberalism in modern American viewpoints/terms.
Liberalism
by Mister can't find a name. on Oct 16, 2007 05:35:32
See correct political ideology
Liberal is a political ideology that more or
lest contrasts with
Conservatism. Liberalism focuses mostly on individual liberty; essentially everyone having equal and fair rights. They feel strongly about
the constitution, and keeping our right strong.
I am a liberal, and I am proud to say it.
Liberalism
by UltimateDoge on Mar 08, 2021 02:32:07
Where people support social diversity, but they can't achieve it because liberals have
double standards. While liberals support black lives matter and support women's rights, they
go about bashing men and bashing white people although men and women pretty much have the same rights now and slavery is no more, yet people are making a fuss about it and still shaming white people about it although
none of us white people living in today's society took part in it.
Liberalism
by CaneHill on Aug 12, 2019 06:30:34
A liberal is someone who supports - liberty, individual rights,
market economy, utilitarianism, limited government, individualism and natural law.
Liberalism has two/three main variants -
Classical Liberalism, Social Liberalism, Ordoliberalism (Also National Liberalism,
Economic Liberalism and Cultural Liberalism - Not proper ideologies that are describing certain liberal view on an issue)
However, thanks to political illiteracy, Liberalism is now being used synonymously with Socialism, Communism, Progressivism etc. Core value of Liberalism is individual liberty, Liberals dont infringe on rights of the individual.
Also a bummer, Democrats arent Liberals.
Example:
Bashing
1. Conservative: "Fucking liberals and their
limitation of rights"
2. Socialist: "Fucking liberals and their market"
3. Communist: "Fucking liberal imperialists"
4. Communist Alt: "Fucking Neoliberals"
5. Conservative Alt: "Fucking
Neoliberal World Order"
6.
Social Democrat: "Liberalism has ruined our economy!"
Liberalism
by Sirius0428 on Jun 19, 2021 23:28:38
A broad collection of ideologies which share the importance of protecting individual liberty and the consent of the governed at their core. Liberalism originated from the philosophies of enlightenment thinkers such as Locke and
Voltaire, and is based heavily on the
social contract theory. Liberalism today manifests itself in many different forms, ranging from Libertarian ideas which state that the government must interfere little in private affairs, to Social/Progressive/
Modern Liberalism which holds that the government must step in to protect "positive freedoms" such as the right to an education in order for all people to have the platform needed to achieve liberty. Liberalism is neither left wing nor right wing because of this wide variety.
Liberitis
by Roids O'Flarin on Jan 25, 2017 02:26:59
Example:
Roger: Dude, what's
Ron's problem? He's acting like he has sand in his vag.
Daryle: That's just his
liberitis acting up..... I called Tyrone a black person..... The politically correct term is African American.