Hi, @HPluckrose!
What is a universal liberal?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Thank you. Very interesting. I wonder why liberalism needs be labelled classical or universal. Is it to distinguish it from...
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Replying to @Frater_Jordanus @HPluckrose
...the US meaning of liberal = progressive (i.e. leftist)?
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Replying to @Frater_Jordanus
The meaning of 'liberal' has fragmented, yes. Can mean libertarian, left-wing, progressive, SocJus and more.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Frater_Jordanus
Classical liberalism was coined to indicate a return to core values but now has economic positions & right-wing apologism
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Frater_Jordanus
Enlightenment Liberal or Universal Liberal is harder to distort.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yep but I don't like to allow extremes (left & right) throwing/appropriating the word "liberal", killing liberalism between them
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Replying to @Frater_Jordanus
Sometimes you have to accept that a concept has shifted or fragmented. Clarity & communication are more important.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Maybe, but permanent shifts & fragmentations of meaning are leading to massive confusion instead of clarity, things like Trump.
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Yes, but pretending that's not happening won't help. Just got to keep trying to cut through it & say something real.
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