David Carr finds three prominent British leftists passed away recently and is annoyed that they are being referred to as 'liberals.'
...these men were not 'liberals' they were socialists.
I don't care if I am ploughing a lonely furrow, I am not going to stop campaigning against this gross distortion of language.
You're not alone, David.
Liberal = One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer - Webster's Unabridged
David rightfully describes the perverted use of the term as a euphemism. It would be poor strategy for for the leftists to describe themselves as 'Statists,' or 'People who are Much Smarter than You and Must Therefore Plan Your Life for You and Save You from Certain Self-Destruction.'
Posted by Walter at September 23, 2003 08:08 PM