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The bill passed the senate 97-2. This is about censorship and liberals want censorship just as much as conservatives do. Voting against it: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-
by txsh 9y ago
The bill passed the senate 97-2. This is about censorship and liberals want censorship just as much as conservatives do.
Voting against it:
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky)
- duckMuppet 9y agoBingo.
- aaomidi 9y agoI never assumed democrats aren't conservative when it comes to social values. Toxicity towards women taking control of their sexuality runs deep within our society.
- blattimwind 9y agoWhy does "liberal" mean something essentially unrelated to "liberal" in American politics? How did that come about?
- grzm 9y agoHere’s one explanation: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/the-origin-of-liberalism/283780/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/the-ori...
- neonhomer 9y agoIt seems that very few political meanings are accurate when it comes to US politics. The terms liberal and conservative have pretty much lost all their original meaning.
- freehunter 9y agoLiberal compared to the other party, which is far-right.
- meko 9y agobut the far right still falls under the umbrella of Classical Liberalism, they're reactionary liberals, but still liberals. If you 'believe' in the market and private ownership of capital a` la Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, then you fall into that political purview. it's the dominant ideology of the developed world.
- spiralx 9y agoBecause the original use referred to economic liberalism, whereas in the US the term has come to refer to social liberalism.
- sgift 9y agoWhat Americans call liberals is "right" in the rest of the world. Versus "far-right" which is what Americans call conservatives. When Americans talk about "far-left" the rest of the world reads "center" .. there's no such thing as real "far-left" in American politics.
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