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Let me explain you what most conservatives will say: "the root of all problems".

Liberal is much more moderate politically in America than it is in the U.K.  I would guess that American liberalism would be considered the equivalent of British centrism.  In some ways, Democrats would be seen as somewhat conservative by British standards.

As far as 1st World countries go, America is probably one of the most conservative ones.

sergeriver wrote:

Let me explain you what most conservatives will say: "the root of all problems".

yah pretty much well next thread

tghpieman wrote:

I may have just registered on these forums today but i have been reading the topics in here for a while now. And the one thing that has annoyed me when i have been reading things here is the term "liberal". Coming for the UK where the term is not used that much and that i consider myself to be quite an extreme socialist, I in all fairness have no idea what so ever what Americans or other wise mean by a liberal.

So i pose to everyone can you people explain to me what a liberal is?

Anyone who believes in any form of healthcare or welfare benefits for the less fortunate members of society will usually be landed with that label in here. Of course they'll say these kind of schemes only encourage laziness and are there to be abused by people who aren't willing to go out and work hard for everything in this life. Most of these kind of threads usually end in extreme right wing Americans realising that there are actually many similarities between the European economic system and the US one, likewise many of us 'liberals' get to find out that the Americans actually have many of the same kinds of benefit schemes we have here.

Many people in here can't actually distinguish between Socialism and Communism.

ATG wrote:

Neo-marxist.
Idol worship ( Enviroment ).
Dis-interest in international borders.
Socoalist.

Dis-interest in international borders?  Bush must be a liberal.

Braddock wrote:

Many people in here can't actually distinguish between Socialism and Communism.

yes, i have noticed this myself, example i would say that i am a socialist and i would understand if people thought that i was a bit extreme and i can imagne that i a lot of people would see my views as communist; and it is important for people to recognise the difference between the two ideologies.

Here in BF2s,  Liberal=cowardly hippie,  Conservative=Fascist,elitist pro corperate war mongor.

there is no grey here, anymore.

:p

RoosterCantrell wrote:

Here in BF2s,  Liberal=cowardly hippie,  Conservative=Fascist,elitist pro corperate war mongor.

there is no grey here, anymore.

:p

I am glad to see that generalisations are not made here.

Those damn liberals freed our slaves! Led by that Black Republican Lincoln!
Interesting thought I had though- Liberals are traditionally at least somewhat for reform, correct? I wonder how far you can go before you betray your own reforms to something else. Liberal and conservative views leapfrog depending on what your take of the status quo is.

DesertFox423 wrote:

Those damn liberals freed our slaves! Led by that Black Republican Lincoln!
Interesting thought I had though- Liberals are traditionally at least somewhat for reform, correct? I wonder how far you can go before you betray your own reforms to something else. Liberal and conservative views leapfrog depending on what your take of the status quo is.

Good points...  Republicans were once social liberals, just like Democrats were once social conservatives.

A liberal is a leftist, basically.

ATG wrote:

sergeriver wrote:

ATG wrote:

Neo-marxist.
Idol worship ( Enviroment ).
Dis-interest in international borders.
Socoalist.

Dis-interest in international borders?  Bush must be a liberal.

Turns out, he is. Thats why I will never vote for a Republican president as long as I live again.

Bush is liberal?  Lol.  This governement is a fine example of neoconservativism.