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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!

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  • Hobbit
    Lv 7
    4 years ago
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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.

  • 4 years ago

    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.

  • 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

  • J M
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    When the right-wing made it.

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  • Keith
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    It happened just as Trump Supporters reached the Zombie Sheep stage

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    When the welfare crowd joined in...

  • 4 years ago

    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.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    stormfront shut down

  • 4 years ago

    when people who aren't really liberal started using it to describe themselves

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    We they became Marxist Liberals

  • 4 years ago

    Conservatives feel the need to vilify anyone with whom they disagree.

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