But that is just looking at the economic side of it. There is also a distinction between being socially liberal and conservative. Social liberals believe in more personal freedom, and things like abortion rights, gay marriage, etc. Social conservatives believe in more (shockingly! ) conservative things, and oppose abortion rights, gay marriage, etc.
Those as social issues is incomplete though, from the personal freedom aspect you generally want to include gun rights, drugs, suicide, and such whereas most conservatives will object to abortion qualifying as a personal liberty issue since they view it not as an individual liberty but as granting one person right to kill another. Social cons will generally support more 'traditional' personal freedoms, but also tend to emphasize a lot of personal freedoms from their perspective in the form of things like gun rights, school vouchers, right to work, and opposition to inheritance 'death' tax. Where these are involved even 'traditional' isn't necessarily the right concept, but people do tend to forget that 'social conservative' have non-economic issues beyond abortion and gays.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
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- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Clarification for an nonpolitical person.
25/02/2011 09:52:03 AM
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The political movement Liberal
25/02/2011 05:11:19 PM
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Bad way to leave it hanging. You give a completely opposite perspective on contemporary positions
26/02/2011 12:25:41 AM
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Re: Clarification for an nonpolitical person.
25/02/2011 05:31:31 PM
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Liberals is a worthless term unless you specify what partical things you want free...
25/02/2011 08:20:21 PM
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this shows one of the reasons this is such a hard question to answer quickly
25/02/2011 11:42:51 PM
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Yeah. In the US, what jh refers to as "economically liberal" is called "classically liberal."
26/02/2011 09:11:05 AM
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Depends on what country you're talking about
26/02/2011 05:18:12 AM
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Re: Depends on what country you're talking about
26/02/2011 04:14:16 PM
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