← Back to context Comment by GavinMcG 7 years ago No? "Liberal" doesn't mean "pro-government". What definition are you using that suggests they would? 7 comments GavinMcG Reply conanbatt 7 years ago Are conservatives pro-government? Sohcahtoa82 7 years ago Define "pro-government". cuckcuckspruce 7 years ago The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.That doesn't make that definition correct... Sohcahtoa82 7 years ago > The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.Could you be more specific? cuckcuckspruce 7 years ago 'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served. 1 reply → conanbatt 7 years ago Fiscally liberal, socially liberal.
conanbatt 7 years ago Are conservatives pro-government? Sohcahtoa82 7 years ago Define "pro-government".
cuckcuckspruce 7 years ago The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.That doesn't make that definition correct... Sohcahtoa82 7 years ago > The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.Could you be more specific? cuckcuckspruce 7 years ago 'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served. 1 reply → conanbatt 7 years ago Fiscally liberal, socially liberal.
Sohcahtoa82 7 years ago > The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.Could you be more specific? cuckcuckspruce 7 years ago 'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served. 1 reply → conanbatt 7 years ago Fiscally liberal, socially liberal.
cuckcuckspruce 7 years ago 'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served. 1 reply →
Are conservatives pro-government?
Define "pro-government".
The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.
That doesn't make that definition correct...
> The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.
Could you be more specific?
'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served.
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Fiscally liberal, socially liberal.