i am impressed by the historical information here and the evolution and change of Liberalism over the years. I am proud to be a Liberal and remind those detractors of the dictionary definition.

"generousl noble-minded;broad minded; not bound by authority or traditional orthodoxy".
"largeness or nobleness of mind; freedom from prejudice,candor, enlightened"

Conservatism....dictionary definition

"the opinions and principles of a Conservative; dislike of innovations;
one averse to change"

Then there's Reactionary............

"against revolution or reform, one who attempts to revert to past political conditions"

Radical......................

""favoring thoroughgoing but constitutional and political reform"

I would say that we don't have a Conservative in the White House but more of a Radical and a Reactionary. A Radical apocalyptic religionist who views Empire hegenomy as a Crusade and a Reactionary who makes an attempt to revert to past political conditions of the 1920's, the age of the robber baron and the 1950's,   the age of the rise of the Military Industrial Complex.

Frank