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Friday, November 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive?

Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism "progressive" and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word.

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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 08:38 PM

    Conservatives should start calling themselves Traditionals

    They should be ashamed of "Conservative," with all the creepy Americans who have used that label.

    We need new labels for everybody, because we are in a new era. Have any of you ever been to college? The word liberal has a more fundamental meaning. Our style of government is Liberal Democracy, according to the real definition, even when "conservatives" are in charge.

    This is not a matter for Fox News wrangling. Everybody knows the difference between the USA's Democratic Party, and the concept of democracy. Do not stir up a silly internet word controversy.

    Liberal is out of date. Think of a new term. Center-Left? "Somebody who wants to take a rational approach and does not want to invade and wants to have good free health care and good free education and so on.."???

    We need a new word.

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