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To: Solon who wrote (19414)	1/10/2012 12:01:27 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

My response to a conservative. How can you be a free thinker if you are obeying a religious or social script? conservative: <The only liberals were the handful of Marxists. They were mostly in the academia not politicians. The Liberal movement was started much later. Lincoln was no liberal.>> koan You are misunderstanding liberal. A liberal is perfectly described by any simple dictionary definition. It is a state of mind: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal lib·er·al /'l?b ?r ?l, 'l?b r?l/ Show Spelled[lib-er-uh l, lib-ruh l] Show IPA adjective 1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs. 2. ( often initial capital letter ) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform. 3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism. 4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, especially as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties. 5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, especially with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.