Another Polyvinylchic drone...redefining the pigeon hole...Everybody has access to Wiki. What's your point?
I've always been fascinated by modern-day Democrats' requisition of the term "liberal" to describe themselves, and claiming the Founding Fathers were "liberal" in order to present a connection with them and the current politically ill-named liberalism. That the opposition went along with it and adopted the term is equally fascinating.
Indeed, the Founding Fathers were liberal - in the classic definition. Modern-day "liberalism" is about as close to that classic definition as Voyager 1 is to Altoona, Pennsylvania, and is more akin to the various degrees of socialistic and totalitarian thought that fucked up a large part of the 20th Century and is threatening a repeat performance, this time where one would have least expected it.
Hence the assorted references.
Ummm --- that isn't who's been misusing the term. Go look up "Red Scare". Go look up "Joe McCarthy". THAT is where the conflation of "Liberal" as being some kind of synonym for either "left" or "Democrat" goes back to. Those demagogues trafficked in bullshit and deserve nothing from us in the way of attention. "Liberal" has nothing to do with "totalitarian thought". It really has nothing to do with "left" either. A Liberal may be a Democrat, a Republican, some other party, or like me no party at all.
My simple example: A Liberal says "all men are created equal". A leftist tries to make it happen through "Affirmative Action". They are not the same thing.
Much more here, for your edification.
Next time try to put a cogent thought together if you're gonna make a thread. Have a point in mind.