If we want Conservatives to accept the 'over-riding' value of liberalism (and we Can't rename it), maybe those of us who have called ourselves Liberal need to find another name for ourselves. I wonder what that could be? (I'm personally not crazy about the "left".)
In the UK, people on both the left and right call themselves liberal, because it is seen as on a different axis.
The committed woke don’t call themselves liberal because their beliefs are explicitly opposed to liberalism. The socialists certainly don’t call themselves liberal. I call myself a liberal leftie and also a progressive.
It would absolutely be helpful if liberals on the left in the US distinguished their commitment to individual liberty from their support for left-wing policies and principles.
If we want Conservatives to accept the 'over-riding' value of liberalism (and we Can't rename it), maybe those of us who have called ourselves Liberal need to find another name for ourselves. I wonder what that could be? (I'm personally not crazy about the "left".)
In the UK, people on both the left and right call themselves liberal, because it is seen as on a different axis.
The committed woke don’t call themselves liberal because their beliefs are explicitly opposed to liberalism. The socialists certainly don’t call themselves liberal. I call myself a liberal leftie and also a progressive.
It would absolutely be helpful if liberals on the left in the US distinguished their commitment to individual liberty from their support for left-wing policies and principles.