Exactly. As a libertarian, I call myself liberal, because that’s exactly what that word has meant historically. I absolutely hate the DNC and RNC because I find both to not be liberal in the sense that I mean it. The DNC seems adamant about taking away my rights so it can “protect” me or whatever, and the RNC wants to take away my rights to enforce some weird religious set of morals. These days, I qualify it with “classical liberal” to indicate that I don’t mean the current usage of “liberal” (i.e. “progressive”), but instead mean the traditional idea of liberalism, i.e. individual rights. I don’t even particularly like the Libertarian Party in the US, especially recently with the weird right-wing takeover.
I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal (again, in the classical sense, meaning negative rights, not positive rights).
Exactly. As a libertarian, I call myself liberal, because that’s exactly what that word has meant historically. I absolutely hate the DNC and RNC because I find both to not be liberal in the sense that I mean it. The DNC seems adamant about taking away my rights so it can “protect” me or whatever, and the RNC wants to take away my rights to enforce some weird religious set of morals. These days, I qualify it with “classical liberal” to indicate that I don’t mean the current usage of “liberal” (i.e. “progressive”), but instead mean the traditional idea of liberalism, i.e. individual rights. I don’t even particularly like the Libertarian Party in the US, especially recently with the weird right-wing takeover.
I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal (again, in the classical sense, meaning negative rights, not positive rights).