The semantic problem here is that there is near-uniform agreement on liberalism in America, when "liberalism" is properly defined as the belief in human liberty

The semantic problem here is that there is near-uniform agreement on liberalism in America, when "liberalism" is properly defined as the belief in human liberty, moral equality, and democracy. Since virtually no-one (<5%) in American public life disagrees with philosophical liberalism, we just argue about different strains of liberalism that we call "liberalism", "conservatism", "libertarianism", &c.