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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 26

    I really must write a thing about what I mean by 'liberal' because conceptions of it vary so greatly especially across the Atlantic.

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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 26

        I am also a progressive but that has negative connotations now too. I don't want a revolution or radical change. I want to keep refining a system which has thus far brought us strong institutions and more equal opportunities and human rights. This annoys everyone.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 26

        Those considerably to the left of me accuse me of wanting to maintain the status quo which (bizarrely) they see as conservative. Those significantly to the right of me accuse me of wanting to further fuck up a system which has been going wrong for some time.

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      2. Tris Mamone  🌹‏ @tmamone Feb 27
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Right, it used to mean, “Anyone who is on the left side of the spectrum.” Now it means “borderline libertarian” for some reason.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 27
        Replying to @tmamone

        Other way here. The left didn't own liberalism. It was about freedom & equal opportunities generally. You couldn't be an extremist authoritarian of any kind.

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      1. Mike‏ @citation_needed Feb 27
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        (don't forget that in Australia "Liberal" means "Tory", and "liberal" means like your version. Yes, the capitalisation matters.

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      1. Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D.‏ @mariliacout Feb 27
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        Oh, yeah! It took me a while to understand what Americans meant by "liberal", "conservative" and lots of other expressions that, in Economy, have the opposite meaning. And in other sciences. They use it in completely different context.

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      1. Brandon Robshaw‏ @BrandonRobshaw Feb 27
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        Dear Helen - I hope you don't mind if I attach a piece I wrote about the meaning of the word 'liberal' on my blog: https://brandonrobshaw.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/what-is-a-liberal/ … You probably don't have time to read it but it's there if you do.

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      1. Jonathan Cast‏ @jonathanccast Feb 27
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        That's more or less what Americans mean by "conservative", minus the religious aspects. (If course, America is, historically, far more classically liberal than England.)

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      1. Brett Moan‏ @BrettMoan Feb 27
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        Stick to the terms in relationship to “modernism” those seem to be clear as of yet. (Ie anyone knowledgeable understands the distinction immediately, and anyone ignorant isn’t immediately assuming something incorrect)

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