The word "liberal" has been getting misused a bit in the last few decades in the USA. :-) It is used as a dirty word now for some reason. So is "socialism". Very peculiar, considering that no modern society can function without a good deal of socialism, and no established order can ever change without a good deal of liberalism.

But the word "liberal" means many things. Just go to the dictionary and see. So people use it to mean what they want it to mean.

- LH