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To: FaultLine who wrote (30570)	2/20/2004 10:49:38 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793707

Sounds like Dr Id. What else can you expect of someone who teaches at UCLA? Liberal, of course, means "pertaining to free." In America, it has come to mean the opposite. Europe still uses the original meaning. And "Liberal" is very popular in the former Soviet Satellites. But not in Socialist "old Europe."

To: FaultLine who wrote (30570)	2/20/2004 11:21:23 AM
From: Rollcast...	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793707

Thanks for that post. When one decides that liberal means unbigoted and the opposite of a liberal is a bigot... What does that make the one who made the decision? ...explains so much about the deterioration of FADG.

To: FaultLine who wrote (30570)	2/20/2004 11:59:15 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 793707

What a pleasant way to start the day. X@liberalsRUS

To: FaultLine who wrote (30570)	2/21/2004 4:29:51 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793707

liberal From: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 1 a : of, relating to, or based on the liberal arts <liberal education> b archaic : of or befitting a man of free birth 2 a : marked by generosity : OPENHANDED <a liberal giver> b : given or provided in a generous and openhanded way <a liberal meal> c : AMPLE, FULL 3 <font size=4>obsolete : lacking moral restraint<font size=3> : LICENTIOUS 4 :<font size=4> not literal or strict : LOOSE <a liberal translation><font size=3> 5 : BROAD-MINDED; especially :<font size=4> not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms<font size=3> 6 a : of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism b capitalized : of or constituting a political party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalism; especially : of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with ideals of individual especially economic freedom, greater individual participation in government, and constitutional, political, and administrative reforms designed to secure these objectives m-w.com