The statement from a top Biden surrogate is a noteworthy break from the president’s campaign, which has refused to commit to debates.
  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
    52·
    8 months ago
    liberal
1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

liberal
  adj 1: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad
         political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a
         liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
         [syn: {broad}, {large-minded}, {liberal}, {tolerant}]
  2: having political or social views favoring reform and progress
  3: tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy,
     or tradition [ant: {conservative}]
  4: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
     goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded
     host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving
     and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent
     gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: {big},
     {bighearted}, {bounteous}, {bountiful}, {freehanded},
     {handsome}, {giving}, {liberal}, {openhanded}]
  5: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
     told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: {free},
     {loose}, {liberal}]
  n 1: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and
       reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn:
       {liberal}, {liberalist}, {progressive}] [ant:
       {conservative}, {conservativist}]
  2: a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and
     self-regulating markets
      • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        8 months ago

        I honestly just never know what someone is meaning when they throw around some terms. If a liberal is in favor laissez-faire market economies, then they aren’t leftist. But I usually see liberal thrown around as if it’s supposed to be a pejorative for a left leaning ideology. It’s one of those terms that I don’t even use anymore, because it doesn’t seem like we have a common definition.

        • WarmSoda@lemm.ee
          3·
          8 months ago

          When someone throws liberal as an insult it’s just them letting you know they have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about. Same thing with woke. To them those are ‘gotcha!’ slurs. They don’t care what they actually mean.