I'm always amused when the word "liberals" is used by the right-wing as sone kind of an insult.

I'm always amused when the Left assumes I'm right-wing because I put down knee-jerk liberals. I'm also amused when the Right assumes I'm left-wing because I put down knee-jerk conservatives.

Forming an opinion on each issue on its merits, rather than defining yourself as liberal or conservative and then adhering to the liberal or conservative position on each issue, without really thinking about it, appears to be the one unforgivable sin in political thought.

Peter.