Pretty sure you're a classic rhetorical fascist then because here you are declaring what **I** believe versus what **I** know, after not even bothering to find out. So **** you very much.
Now SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, and learn your PoliSci for the day/week/month/year/however the **** long it takes you to absorb what you should have figured out before you even joined this board.
Liberalism means that governmental power derives from the consent of the governed, and not from some royalty or clergy. It acts as a referee, reactive rather than pro-active, setting up regulations where necessary but otherwise just staying out of the way.
Now if some asshat misuses the term because they don't understand that definition and didn't lift a mental finger to find out, THAT'S ON THEM.
Get this through your tiny little pea brain, peabrain: ***YOU*** do not tell ***ME*** what I think. Just as I will not tell you what YOU think. Smell me?
Chew on that, Gummo.