In news:MOidnT1EGbtW-xHcRVn-rQ@speakeasy.net mnc@admin.u.nu (Miguel Cruz)
wrote:
> Bert Hyman wrote:
>> "I use throughout the term 'liberal' in the original,
>> nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current [1944] in
>> Britain. In current American usage it often means very nearly the
>> opposite of this. It has been part of the camouflage of leftist
>> movements in this country, helped by the muddleheadedness of many who
>> really believe in liberty, that 'liberal' has come to mean the advocacy
>> of almost every kind of government control."
>
> It's funny how these things change over time. These days the liberals
> are the ones advocating to keep the government out of folks' private
> lives.
Not in the US, they're not.
Of course, neither are the "conservatives"; now that's left to the
libertarians, who have essentially zero presence in the political scene.
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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@visi.com |