http://themoderatevoice.com/13216/what%e2%80%99s-american-liberalism%e2%80%a6-exactly/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/13216/what%e2%80%99s-american-liberalism%e2%80%a6-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-83924 Nick Rivera Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:33:35 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/liberals/13216/what%e2%80%99s-american-liberalism%e2%80%a6-exactly/#comment-83924 A key point in answering this question to point out first and foremost that "American liberalism" is not the same as "European liberalism", nor is it the same as the brand of liberalism that existed in the United States prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Prior to that time, "liberalism" generally meant support for free markets and individual freedom. A key point in answering this question to point out first and foremost that “American liberalism” is not the same as “European liberalism”, nor is it the same as the brand of liberalism that existed in the United States prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Prior to that time, “liberalism” generally meant support for free markets and individual freedom.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/13216/what%e2%80%99s-american-liberalism%e2%80%a6-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-83893 domajot Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:00:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/liberals/13216/what%e2%80%99s-american-liberalism%e2%80%a6-exactly/#comment-83893 The politicizing of morals is one of the worst among recent developments, along with politicizing religion. The process has cheapned both morality and religion, IMO. Morals are just there, evident in the choices made and the policies supported. No one should need an arrow pointing out: "This is my moral. Remember that I am a moral person." What I think, of course, will have nothing to do with political strategies. The Liberals will do what they feel is best, and I wouldn't blame them. In my contrariness, though, I long to vote for a camdodate who makes no big deal about his religion and refuses to list his values and morals as such. He'll just tell me what policies he supports. The politicizing of morals is one of the worst among recent developments, along with politicizing religion. The process has cheapned both morality and religion, IMO.
Morals are just there, evident in the choices made and the policies supported. No one should need an arrow pointing out: “This is my moral. Remember that I am a moral person.”
What I think, of course, will have nothing to do with political strategies. The Liberals will do what they feel is best, and I wouldn’t blame them.
In my contrariness, though, I long to vote for a camdodate who makes no big deal about his religion and refuses to list his values and morals as such. He’ll just tell me what policies he supports.

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