Yes, that is very common usage of the word for ignorant conservatives. I lived for five years on SE rural Idaho and liberal there was an insult.
I grew up in Seattle and there liberal wasn’t an insult because most people knew what it actually means.
So essentially liberal is a bad word for progressives who view them as fake for a number of reasons and conservatives who don’t understand what the word means but dislike it because they were told it was bad word.
Most Democratic people are conservative and would be considered traditionally liberal. The strict definition of liberal is rooted in classical liberalism, emphasizing individual rights, democracy, a secular state, and free-market capitalism with limited government interference.
Ok, and I’m not talking about whether it’s an insult or not? You are spending a lot of time trying to explain the word to me. I know what it means, I know how it’s used by various groups. I know a lot of Dems are true Liberals or neo-libs.
I’m talking about whether or not people treat it as a synonym for “left” or “progressive”. A lot of the USA does! Not just conservatives. Just normal everyday people who do not live in philosophical circles.
I’ve lived in Cali, New Mexico, various parts of Texas, Colorado and regularly visit Michigan and parts of the East Coast.
Aside from my Progressive friends that are trying to start a commune in Detroit, no one else uses the word “liberal” by definition. The Detroit commune even uses the word “liberal” when they are talking to “normies” because explaining socialism to others is HARD.
Yes, that is very common usage of the word for ignorant conservatives. I lived for five years on SE rural Idaho and liberal there was an insult.
I grew up in Seattle and there liberal wasn’t an insult because most people knew what it actually means.
So essentially liberal is a bad word for progressives who view them as fake for a number of reasons and conservatives who don’t understand what the word means but dislike it because they were told it was bad word.
Most Democratic people are conservative and would be considered traditionally liberal. The strict definition of liberal is rooted in classical liberalism, emphasizing individual rights, democracy, a secular state, and free-market capitalism with limited government interference.
Ok, and I’m not talking about whether it’s an insult or not? You are spending a lot of time trying to explain the word to me. I know what it means, I know how it’s used by various groups. I know a lot of Dems are true Liberals or neo-libs.
I’m talking about whether or not people treat it as a synonym for “left” or “progressive”. A lot of the USA does! Not just conservatives. Just normal everyday people who do not live in philosophical circles.
I’ve lived in Cali, New Mexico, various parts of Texas, Colorado and regularly visit Michigan and parts of the East Coast.
Aside from my Progressive friends that are trying to start a commune in Detroit, no one else uses the word “liberal” by definition. The Detroit commune even uses the word “liberal” when they are talking to “normies” because explaining socialism to others is HARD.