The words are great in an abstract way, but when applied to an actual person they quickly become inaccurate and meaningless.
First of all, to a conservative, a moderate is a liberal and to a liberal a moderate is conservative. Is orrin hatch still conservative even though he supports stem cell research? Is arnold schwarz a conservative? I have views that could be considered conservative and i also have views that could be considered liberal- but labeling me either way would obviously be inaccurate.
Secondly, i think you might find resistance to your use of labeling because you don't use it well. You use the labels at innapropriate times when no one has even brought up the fact that they are liberal. I've have seen some of you label a self professed conservative a liberal just because they didn't agree with you.
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...0&pagenumber=3
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from mathew330
sickening - the hatred liberals feel towards a conservative talk show host
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This is in reference to rush limbaugh. The use of the label "liberal" here is completely inappropriate because the liberal v. conservative conflict is irrelevant to this particular discussion. There are quite a few people on the board who dislike rush limbaugh. Notice how i said people and not liberals. That is because there are also conservatives who don't care for rush limbaugh. Whether they are conservative or liberal or moderate or whatever is irrelevant to that discussion unless maybe someone directly says, "I hate rush limbaugh because he is a conservative talk show host and i am a liberal."
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=31898
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from ustwo
Liberals are filled with so much hate these days. I find them quite cute as long as they are out of power.
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This comment has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion it is in. It is a underhanded stab at liberals made at a point in the discussion when making such idealogical distinctions is both unnecessary and probably completely way off base.
I don't think anyone has a problem with someone refering to them in the same way they identify themselves. No liberal with integrity is afraid to be called a liberal. Its just that some people use the word liberal as a catch all term for anyone who disagrees with them. i.e. "I'm a conservative, this guy disagrees with me, it must be because he is a liberal."