A broad collection of ideologies which share the importance of protecting individual liberty and the consent of the governed at their core. Liberalism originated from the philosophies of enlightenment thinkers such as Locke and Voltaire, and is based heavily on the social contract theory. Liberalism today manifests itself in many different forms, ranging from Libertarian ideas which state that the government must interfere little in private affairs, to Social/Progressive/Modern Liberalism which holds that the government must step in to protect "positive freedoms" such as the right to an education in order for all people to have the platform needed to achieve liberty. Liberalism is neither left wing nor right wing because of this wide variety.
Barack Obama is an adherent of the forms of liberalism which place emphasis on positive freedoms.
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Similar to vaginitis. Typical pussy liberal retard that is offended common sense.
Roger: Dude, what's Ron's problem? He's acting like he has sand in his vag.

Daryle: That's just his liberitis acting up..... I called Tyrone a black person..... The politically correct term is African American.
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If used in a non-political sense, "liberal" simply means "a lot."
I'd like a large popcorn with a liberal amount of butter, please.
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That was a great party at Liber last night!
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american for 'carpet bombing'
tone blair, 'lets liberate iraq'
george dubya bush 'u sure we got enough bombs'
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