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GavinMcG
2918 days ago
No? "Liberal" doesn't mean "pro-government". What definition are you using that suggests they would?
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GabrielBen
2917 days ago
Are conservatives pro-government?
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Sohcahtoa82
2917 days ago
Define "pro-government".
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cuckcuckspruce
2918 days ago
The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.
That doesn't make that definition correct...
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Sohcahtoa82
2917 days ago
> The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.
Could you be more specific?
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cuckcuckspruce
2917 days ago
'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served.
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asdsa5325
2916 days ago
And what does that have to do with forfeiture?
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conanbatt
2917 days ago
Fiscally liberal, socially liberal.
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