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What worries me most about this is that a prominent UK university is using the American term "Liberal" to mean left wing. Outside the US "liberal" generally me
by pelle 16y ago
What worries me most about this is that a prominent UK university is using the American term "Liberal" to mean left wing.
Outside the US "liberal" generally means what we call classically liberal in the US or borderline libertarian.
That liberal means left wing in the US is extremely confusing for non Americans.
- noarchy 16y agoI've noticed that in the US, the term "liberal" carries a high level of baggage, and seems to elicit reactions from all sides. I suppose that this could be due to the influence of right-of-centre talk radio, where the term seems to be particularly demonized. Here in Canada, "Liberal" is a major political party, as is "Conservative". With that said, we have several other parties in Parliament, as well.