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- zug_zug 3y agoMeh, I don't think terminology is the root of any of these problems.
- jfengel 3y agoQuite the opposite. Bringing up terminology is a classic technique for derailing conversations. Instead of arguing about the merit of the proposition, you hint that you'd agree with the proposition if only they'd use different terminology. Which, of course, never happens.
- mikrl 3y agoI believe in the 1800s ‘liberal’ also meant generous. It would have been ‘very liberal’ of Scrooge to give Cratchit some extra days off at Christmas, in the American vernacular at that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal,_Kansas
- 082349872349872 3y agoAnyone for whom the rectification of names is important enough ought to feel free to immigrate to continental europe, where we have plenty of parties with "Liberal" in their names whose platform is economic freedom and hence are normally found on the centre-right.