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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.
By Michael Lind

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  • Friday, November 21, 2008 12:16 PM

    I have always been a liberal

    According to my dictionary liberal means 1. generous 2. plentiful, abundant 3. broadminded: not narrow in one's ideas 4. favorable to progress and reforms. 5. a political party that favors progress and reforms. Conservative means 1. inclined to keep things as they are 2. cautious 3. a political party which opposes change 4. a member of a conservative party 5. a person opposed to change.

    It is hard for me to understand how conservative commentators have managed to make "liberal" a dirty word over the past thirty years. I have always been proud to be a liberal.

    —mybagwell Read mybagwell's other letters

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