Liberal: noting or pertaining to a political party or ideology advocating measures of progressive political reform. 3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism, especially the freedom of the individual and governmental guarantees of individual rights and liberties. Here's the thing. You are a product of a long standing political smear that demonizes all forms of politics other than those of conservative agendas, whether you are a conservative or you're not. Same politics that caused socialism to be synonymous with communism. They're two different things. When socialism has good intentions, not that I'm an advocate of it, but i see it for what it really is. When liberalism is, by definition and ideology, what ACTUALLY made this country a free place. This trend of spitting on liberalism was put in place by people that want the power to stay where it is. And you would be a fool to think the people that hold the power right now aren't corrupt as fůck. This, in essence, makes you a drone. A pawn. Successfully brainwashed and on you go to spew the archaic and ignorant propagandist political poison of your likewise ignorant masters.