This might help clarify, the semantics can be a bit confusing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States#American_versus_European_use

This might help clarify, the semantics can be a bit confusing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States#American_versus_European_use_of_the_term_.22liberalism.22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United...