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Thanks for this golden opportunity to append the following:
Thankfully words have meaning. Also, though I try like hell to speak only for myself, I frequently slip up. So when I said "A liberal is simply liberal." I meant, in my opinion and for you to consider only the first definition, providing, by definition, the most common usage i.e. the most commonly implied and understood meaning. In this case (thanks again) liberal,
That as opposed to -- "conservative":
- "willing to accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas."
And, since you insist, -- "libertarian":
- "averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values."
IMO, more simply:
- "advocating liberty or conforming to principles of liberty. maintaining the doctrine of free will."
"liberal" = Meathead
"conservative" = Archie
"libertarian" = an even more childish version of Archie. One that apparently can't discuss the positions of others without loading the hell out of his inquiries or tilting at straw men of his own creation -or- (worse) borrowing foils from like-minded others who've preconstructed them for similar purposes.
Backtracking?
It seems words do have meaning, unless you don't like the meaning of it. You provided the link to the definition, I screenshot the definition you provided, and posted it for you. Somehow, you don't like your own definition, so you turned to alternative - Wikipedia.
Conservatives are not rejecting innovation, at least not industrial, technical, scientific, etc. However, calling man in a dress a "woman" is not an innovation, and calling a woman "birthing person" neither... it's rather madness, and being conservative against that kind of madness is right thing to do.