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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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9. there are different definitions of liberal

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 15, 2017, 11:52 AM

Jan 2017

and often misused. To me "liberal" is someone who supports individual liberty, as opposed to conservative or progressive.
Liberals are individualists, while conservatives and progressives are collectivists.
There are a lot of "conservatives" that are really classical liberals and don't know it.

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The Hearing Protection Act is back with new support (Trump jr) [View all] Blue_Warrior Jan 2017 OP

Sensible K&R discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #1

Do you describe yourself as A Liberal? TIA........n/t HAB911 Jan 2017 #4

I'm complicated discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #6

there are different definitions of liberal gejohnston Jan 2017 #9

There seem to be a lot of Libertarians that claim to be Liberals HAB911 Jan 2017 #10

your definition is wrong gejohnston Jan 2017 #11

Ever hear of a dictionary? HAB911 Jan 2017 #12

at least you cited it, gejohnston Jan 2017 #13

Hello discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #16

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Kind of goes along with the old tired tactic of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #30

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"Suppressor" Is the correct description. oneshooter Jan 2017 #8

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And those 'us' are obvious to all but themselves... friendly_iconoclast Jan 2017 #17

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Oh HELL yes! NT pablo_marmol Jan 2017 #32

Well... derby378 Jan 2017 #14

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The problem with this, yagotme Jan 2017 #19

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I wish they would drop the requirements here, yagotme Jan 2017 #31

Excellent piece of legislation. Kang Colby Jan 2017 #20

Would it come into effect immediately? Blue_Warrior Jan 2017 #21

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Agreed. J_William_Ryan Jan 2017 #27

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Well, follow Europe's lead... yagotme Jan 2017 #33