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0 pointsGavinMcG7y ago0 comments

No? "Liberal" doesn't mean "pro-government". What definition are you using that suggests they would?

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Are conservatives pro-government?

Define "pro-government".

The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.

That doesn't make that definition correct...

Sohcahtoa827y ago

> The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.

Could you be more specific?

cuckcuckspruce7y ago

'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served.

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conanbatt7y ago

Fiscally liberal, socially liberal.

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GabrielBen7y ago

Are conservatives pro-government?

Sohcahtoa827y ago

Define "pro-government".

cuckcuckspruce7y ago

The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.

That doesn't make that definition correct...

Sohcahtoa827y ago

> The colloquial definition used by most of the US citizenry and on television news programs on both 24-hour cable networks and broadcast television.

Could you be more specific?

cuckcuckspruce7y ago

'Liberal' in the US is associated with the expansion of the welfare state, preferring having government solve all social problems, and abridging individual freedoms if the greater good is served.

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conanbatt7y ago

Fiscally liberal, socially liberal.

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