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Originally Posted by JohnScott
Um, hello. We are talking about "Liberal" as it means in current American politics.
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I don't think we are. You asked for a definition of a liberal. The definition hasn't been established yet. Therefore it's safe to assume that while we might be talking about US Liberals only, the other liberal movements are not excluded.
Besides,as you very well know, there is a world outside the US borders. And in that world there are also liberals and conservatives, and all other shades of political views.
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Originally Posted by JohnScott
"Liberals" in Japan are entirely different from "Liberals" in the US. And it has nothing to do with the original meaning of the word "liberal".
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True. Liberals elsewhere may be different than the Amercian Liberals. I am puzzled by the
original meaning of the word "liberal".
The word "liberal" derives from the Latin
liber. In its current use in the English language, the word derives directly from French.