When did 'liberal' become a 'dirty' word?

Merriam-Webster definition: believing that government should be active in supporting social and political change : relating to or supporting political liberalism.
Nothing about 'communism', but close to 'socialism'. What?! That has to go!

?2017-08-27T15:42:32Z

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"Liberal" is not a dirty word except to racists,the KKK, etc. -- the Trump supporters who handle anything that isn't filled with hate, bigotry and violence.

?2017-08-28T00:14:38Z

sometime back in the nineteen thirties when they began to institute policies that did more harm than good. and they keep getting worse and worse.

NEVER SUBMIT... to evil2017-08-27T16:48:21Z

when the ism is added, and politicallyembraced ..... that makes it a mental disorder.. often resulting in violence.......... communism, socialism, marxism, fascism, liberalism, progressive ism.. whatever political ism...... they all have the same goal... a totalitarianist state......they just differ in how to achieve that

dasuberding2017-08-27T15:27:53Z

Been that way since I was a kid...and yes, "liberal" is a complete misnomer. Liberals today could be more accurately called statist progressives. Liberal implies freedom and what these fools are pushing can hardly be called freedom.

Anonymous2017-08-27T15:25:37Z

We they became Marxist Liberals

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