liberal

Liberalism is the belief in a large and powerful centralized government. This does not mean that every liberal is a communist, but it also doesn't mean any thing about "looking after the oppressed" like so many seem to think it is.
As far as modern liberalism goes, they usually support issuses such as abortion, socialized health care, and the anit-war movement.
Many of todays liberals are composed of college age and younger teens who tend to be more ideological(i.e war is bad in all cases.)

Liberals:Al Gore, John Kerry, and that sister that went to collage and then came back screeching about the plight of wemon in this country

by meatsnacked March 16, 2008

liberal

A person who supports no restrictions on somewhat out of the lime light issues (homosexuality, bestiality, criminals, terrorists, communists, dictators, assholes, lawyers, abortion, social responsibility, morals, pedophiles, etc.) yet wants lots of government supervision and restrictions on other issues (gun control, Christianity, war {no war at all}, generally things conservatives support) contradicting their own beliefs. They are not bad people, contradictory to what some people say, but many of the things they support in the hope of bettering society are actually quite damaging. This does not mean they do not improve society either. Conservatives are the opposite of Liberals, and these rules apply to them too, with their extremest beliefs harming and improving society in different ways. It is arguable that a balance of beliefs is the best for society; unfortunately, conservatives and liberals hate each others guts, and rarely if ever discuss topics together or come to a mutual conclusion.

Johnny was a liberal, and he believed that in terms of sexuality and religion, anything was fair game, but he also thought that the federal government should be more powerful than the state governments and that issues such as gun control should closely regulated by the government.

by Republocrat July 3, 2006

Liberal

Believes that the United States Constitution was nice back then but now it has become a hurdle in some liberals desperate climb up the power ladder.

liberal- "guns kill people, therefore you cannot own a gun or you will be killing innocent people"

conservative- "my life and the lives of my family depend on my hunting, and its much more effective hunting with a rifle than with a spear"

liberal- "don't worry, we will give you gov. money, gov. food, gov. housing, gov. transportation... just sign all your rights and money away here... and here, and initial here..."

by AmericanCitizen May 22, 2008

liberal

A person with a rather quixotic outlook on life. Someone who fails to note the plausibility in their thinking and focuses on perfecting an already functioning system. A person who doesn't realize that free healthcare entails raised taxes which would end up amounting to the same thing, if not more, as non-free healthcare. A liberal would preffer to abolish the death penalty entirely on account of its injustice but is for abortion (I too I am for abortion, I'm simply making a point.) The rights of a convicted murderer, rapist, or both seem to be more important than those of a wouldbe innocent child. According to every political spectrum test I have ever taken, I am a liberal. Oh well.

People should drop titles and simply make dicisions based on common sense. I'm liberal on certain issues--Conservative on others. This is not an example, but I was forced to make one.

by Annnnnnonymous April 14, 2006

liberal

someone who breaks with tradation
American
someone who belives in governental controlls of monetary interactions, but freedom of personal actoins.

He's liberal - with my money.

by boohay July 19, 2003

liberal

A person who is basically dead weight to society, and does not contribute anything. They rely on the government to do everything for them and believe that people's fates are determined not by how hard they work, but by what their government does for them.

Those liberals over there do nothing but smoke pot, and take up space, and talk about how they will change the world, yet their methods of fighting poverty have been scientifically proven by economists and other experts in related fields to be ineffective.

by 1337 speaka July 3, 2008

Liberal

A liberal used to mean someone who cared about the rights of the individual and freedom of people. Somehow they lost their way and now believe in appeasing dictators. I met an Iraqi awhile ago that told me that the only time you could open your mouth in Iraq was at the dentist. Liberals now think that it's okay to leave dictatorships in place as long as it doesn't affect them personally. Liberals think that the reason terrorists kill us is because we're not nice to them. It's a little like "if she wasn't wearing that short dress she wouldn't have been raped." Better to blame the victim then to take responsibility for your own actions.

I think it's okay to let illegal aliens live in this country and get free medical care and education even though it puts a tremendous tax burden on us because I'm a liberal.

by Thinking Joe September 21, 2008