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This is a really good question. I have thought about this before.

I think that a liberal is someone who views the world as being uncertain and that there is not much truth that we know of. They show this in their actions and words.

A liberal is someone who believes in things without any evidence. Basically someone who believes in what they hear in the media, and so forth, without holding any constructive criticism/skepticism.

A liberal is someone who makes decisions based on feeling rather than logic.

A liberal is someone who believes in what is easier to believe then rejects the truth when it crosses their path because it goes against their agenda.

A liberal is someone who will lie in order to advance an agenda. They think that is ok to lie because, in their minds, their agenda is what is right.

Liberals are generally anti religionist because they believe that religion causes war, and we are better off without religion.

A liberal believes in the idea that society needs to progress past the way things used to be. In their minds, this is for the betterment of society. Generally what these "progressive" ideals lead to is bad things. They just don't realize it nor do they want to.

A liberal is, a lot of times, a hypocrite. They accuse you of things that they are guilty of themselves. When they accuse you of something, it is generally them the ones who are doing it.

A liberal is stubborn,  and does not live by the truth. They make a lot of false accusations.

*Note: All of these or some of these may apply to liberals. This is not to say that all liberals hold all of these qualities.

I am glad you are starting this thread and I hope it is fruitful. Not to be too bold but what you are going through now is what many have gone through before with that label. Sometimes it's warranted and we should always be open to eradicating liberalism from our thoughts and actions.

Oh yes, I understand that Liberalism is in the air we breathe here in America, and like fish swimming in an ink-filled pond it's impossible to stay totally pure from it.

However, that's not what people are talking about when they throw around the epithet "liberal".

However, many times it has boiled down to "you don't agree with me" or "you don't agree with me enough," therefore you are liberal. It becomes a juvenile name-calling.

Exactly!

I think it would be useful to learn exactly what Liberalism is, so we can all use the term appropriately, rather than like a Catholic cuss word.