>I believe that was intended to be 'tongue-in-cheek' Hilmar. Or maybe I misunderstood... :o)
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Sorry to disagree........
I don't believe that it is unfair to President Bush (shudder) to say that when he used the word "liberal" to describe someone he was, in essence, trying to call that person a dirty word. To be fair, many people use the word "conservative" as a similar pejorative.
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>>>'Liberal' is not a bad or offensive word. It is just like 'conservative'. The current US Administration, which is not 'conservative' but 'neocon' - something different, has sought to demonize the word 'liberal' as if it was some kind of disgusting disease or something. Don't believe it. It is just a political and social position.
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>>Yes, that was more or less what I gathered - that it was used offensively, without it being in itself a bad word.
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