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Anonymous
Since when has being labeled "liberal" been a bad thing? FDR was a liberal, as was Ronald Reagan, and Thomas Jefferson.
The answer? Since discussion has degenerated to name calling, that's when. Your politicians don't discuss, they behave like little kids. Like "flip-flopping", where the whole concept of changing your opinions based on new information is no longer "being not an idiot". And apparently there are people stupid enough to believe that shit.
People who use 'Liberal' as a derogative label are just sheep. They have no actual thoughts about politics, they just follow whatever crap is fed to them by their party of choice, and believe it to be true (See: cognitive dissonance). This differs widely from history, where every famous thinker you could name would NOT blindly follow a political party, but changed quite often. Politicians today would call them 'disloyal', and their flock would believe it. All because they actually paid attention to the news and the stance of the various politicians and choose sides according to their own ideas, reaching conclusions based on personal research.
...but who has time to think these days? Easier to just pick a party and stick with it. Better to regurgitate whatever BS is fed to you.
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