liberal (n) 'liburul

1. A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.

2. BROAD-MINDED; especially : not bound by authoritarianism

3. A political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties.

4. Politically, liberalism ultimately aspires to a system of government based on majority rule—i.e., one in which government executed the expressed will of a majority of the electorate. The chief institutional devices for attaining this goal are the periodic election of legislators by popular vote and the election of a chief executive by popular vote or by a legislative body.

5. A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority.

6. Progressive*

Yep, sounds pretty subversive to me. I'm a Progressive Liberal and damn well proud of it!  Here are my values, how about yours? * Democratic Progressive (Liberal) Moral Values

What is the alternative? Fascist Regressive Imperialist? To quote my favorite judge, Anna Diggs Taylor, "There are no hereditary Kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution."

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