Poll: When you use the unqualified terms “liberal” in a political conversation, what do you usually mean?
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Replying to @vgr
I deliberately stopped using it in any political context a few years ago when it became clear that the definition of the word had become a moving target that would always be relocated to "whatever the most expedient sneer I need right now is"
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Replying to @danlistensto @vgr
replacement vocab: socially liberal = pluralistic economically liberal = market economics liberal democracy = popular sovereignty, or just democracy (no adjective) liberal (describing a political party) = center-left, centrist, social democrat, etc.
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Replying to @danlistensto
Oh hey I just tweeted my own dictionary 
3:30 PM - 24 Jun 2018
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