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I'm not a liberal. I'm not a conservative. I'm not progressive. I'm not a leftist. I refuse to identify with any of these labels for one simple reason: I refuse to participate in empty rhetorical group think.
Ask me what I think about a particular issue, and I'll tell you. But none of these labels are issues as such, they are grab bags of issues, the contents of which vary depending on who you ask.
The word 'liberal', as others have pointed out, derives from 'freedom'. I find it more than a little ironic that those who ostensibly promote freedom feel so obliged to associate themselves with a group.
