Doc1
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Once again, not liberalism, but progressivism.
westy, the term 'liberalism,' as used today, the colloquial, is synonymous with 'progressivism.'
. "Hillary Clinton says she doesn't really like the descriptive word "liberal," preferring to be characterized as a "progressive."
"You know, (liberal) is a word that originally meant that you were for freedom … that you were willing to stand against big power and on behalf of the individual," she said at the CNN/YouTube debate. "Unfortunately, in the last 30, 40 years, it has been turned up on its head, and it's been made to seem as though it is a word that describes big government, totally contrary to what its meaning was in the 19th and early 20th century." She continued: "I prefer the word 'progressive,' which has a real American meaning, going back to the progressive era at the beginning of the 20th century. I consider myself a modern progressive."
What Is a Progressive? by Joseph Farah
If you would like it used in its original meaning, you have to say 'classical liberalism.'
Oh bullshit. Progressivism was hanging around a century ago and is long gone. Your own Hillary Clinton quote makes that point, even if she wishes to revive it for herself, I'm afraid one person doesn't get to do that unilaterally. Wags like Westwall have their own modern meaning, even if you can't get them to say what it is ---- none of which make for a useful term if nobody agrees on what it means.
Liberalsim was here from the beginning, founded this country and fueled its Constitution.. Fascism is it polar opposite. Liberalism protects the rights of the populace, whence derives Power, and then gets the hell out of their way; fascism protects itself. whence derives its own Power, and gets the hell IN the way.
You can't just plug in any old term just because you like the way it rolls off the tongue. That is an insult to historical research.
"Classical Liberalism" does not exist as such. Liberalism is Liberalism, period. You don't get to pull a word inside out and turn it into its own opposite by appending the adjective "Classical" just because you can't be bothered to appreciate what the term actually means We actually do have a word for that process. It's called "Doublethink".
flacaltenn
If I understand you correctly, you are making the point that ONLY your interpretations of words matter, not the real, accepted translations?