A self congratulating lie

A self congratulating lie
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/a-liberal-moment/?ref=opinion


"Liberalism, in the broadest sense, is about expanding human rights and opportunity, while embracing science and reason. What do they call the secularists in Egypt today pushing for democracy over a theocracy? Liberals."

Might as well say anything good is liberal. The problem is in the definitions.

"Abraham Lincoln's push for the 13th Amendment, erasing the original sin of slavery from the land, was a liberal moment ". There are true liberals, and liberals, the brand.
Liberals, the brand, are illiberal. "Or was it the relentless campaign by the broadcasting and publishing empires of the far right, associating liberals with tyranny, spiritual vacuity and baby killing, that drove people from the label that could not speak its name? "

Freedom is a driving force for true liberals. Big government is anti freedom, thinking it can protect us from ourselves, with many lining thief own pockets in the process.


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