[OT] Liberals was: Personal hoody-hoo

Brian Burger schrieb:

> > This is not true--I've gamed with political viewpoints
> > running that gamut from an actual card-carrying member
> > of CPUSA all the way to Ghengiz Khan's conservative
> > cousin (hi, Don!).
> 
> CPUSA = Communist Party of the USA? Actual card-carrying?
> wow...
>  

One of the major differences in European and US use of political
language.

In Europe "Liberal" are still literally for liberties. I.e.human rights
and tolerance, minimum state interference and low taxes, free market
economies, free trade. 

As far as I understand US politics (who does? ) US 'Liberals' are what
we over here would call Social Democrats or even Socialists. Ready to
tax the rich to give to the poor. Rather vociferous about helping the
'Third World'. 'Politically correct' in the bad sense of that word,
etc.

In Europe, it would be quite unusual for a memeber of a Communist party
to b ecalled a 'Liberal'.

Greetings
Karl Heinz