You may read history, but you do not know what a liberal is! Lincoln was a flaming liberal. There were few liberals in the conservative south and there are still few liberals in the south. The liberals were in the north.
Here is what a liberal is:
lib·er·al
'lib(?)r?l/
adjective
adjective: liberal
1.
open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
"they have more liberal views toward marriage and divorce than some people"
favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.
"liberal citizenship laws"
| synonyms: | tolerant, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened; More
permissive, free, free and easy, easygoing, libertarian, indulgent, lenient
"the values of a liberal society"
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(in a political context) favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform.
"a liberal democratic state"
of or characteristic of Liberals or a Liberal Party.
adjective: Liberal
(in the UK) of or relating to the Liberal Democrat Party.
adjective: Liberal
"the Liberal leader"
Theology
regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change.
2.
(of education) concerned mainly with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training.
3.
(esp. of an interpretation of a law) broadly construed or understood; not strictly literal or exact.
"they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation"
| synonyms: | flexible, broad, loose, rough, free, general, nonliteral, nonspecific, imprecise, vague, indefinite More
"a liberal interpretation of divorce laws"
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| antonyms: | strict, to the letter |
4.
given, used, or occurring in generous amounts.
"liberal amounts of wine had been consumed"
| synonyms: | abundant, copious, ample, plentiful, generous, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, considerable, prolific, rich; More
literary plenteous
"a liberal coating of paint"
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(of a person) giving generously.
"Sam was too liberal with the wine"
| synonyms: | generous, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting, ungrudging, lavish, free, munificent, bountiful, beneficent, benevolent, big-hearted, philanthropic, charitable, altruistic, unselfish; More
literary bounteous
"they were liberal with their cash"
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noun
noun: liberal; plural noun: liberals
1.
a person of liberal views.
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