What is the history of liberalism?

zachary0611

What is the history of liberalism? Would someone please answer this question for me? I thought I might have heard that its was started in the 1960's during the civl rights movement and during the Vietnam war, but i'm not sure.

phil · Mayor Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Seattle

Liberalism, and boy do I hate the WORD! Basically is as follows:

Liberalism is a political concept that has changed meaning over the years.

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, liberalism emphasized the desirability of allowing individuals to follow their own wishes and pursue their own goals rather than thinking first of the common good.

By the late nineteenth century political and economic liberalism had come to reflect the belief that a society functions best with little government regulation. Liberals favored free trade and an unregulated economy. The conditions deriving from that philosophy led to twentieth-century liberalism, which supports an activist government intervening to regulate the economy and remedy social problems.

Today liberals support government programs to ensure freedom of opportunity for individuals suffering discrimination, to provide help for those in economic need, and to set standards and regulations in such matters as the environment, safety in the workplace, and business practices. Contrasted with conservatism, liberalism tends to be associated with the Democratic party.

But there is just one "wee" little problem with all of this.

During this time of crisis, we cant afford to let Liberals sing "give peace a chance" while smoking a joint and hoping that osama does not nuke thier city.

Phil

Digital Portraits · Mayor's Aide Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 52

Thanks for that post Phil, it was definitely not wasted. I had actually learned some things which I had never known either. The only question is, where do you see it going today and into the future?

Slick4788 · Mayor's Aide Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 50

I always thought of liberals as being very care free and making freedom their number one priority. For the conservatives, other things like security and gun laws Very Happy

are in their priiority list. Also most liberals are NOT going to be religious, and the conservatives will always be religious.

phil · Mayor Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Seattle

well, I see Liberals as brainless little creaturs that smoke alot of weed while singing "give peice a chance".

Most of them would invite bin laden in for thanksgiving.

P Laughing

lpstong · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject:

julian4239 · Mayor Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 211

MHJ · Mayor's Aide Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 118

If by liberalism you mean modern American liberalism the bulk of it was born out of the New Deal. The liberals of the 1930's were mainly into big government, but their differences between conservatives was not so great. This is the reason that the Decratic Party was half liberal and half conservative up until the late 1960's when failure of the Tet Offensive pushed out the conservatives and far left elements took over the party. Ironically, the failed escalation of the Vietnam War and the Tet Offensive embarrassment happened during LBJ's years and LBJ was the most liberal of President ever, probably even more so than Jimmy Carter

phil · Mayor Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Seattle

By liberalism I mean this:

Today was a perfect example. I drove my HUMMER to pike street, which is the local liberal hangout and messhall for these little creatures.

I scanned the parking lot and low and behold a van had taken up almost two spots but there was room for me to fit. SO I did.

Now here is the difference between a liberal and a republican. WHen the van left, it appeared as if I took up the two spots. The liberals were all screaming at me about it, none of them ever thought for instance that the previous car forced me to park this way. It never occured to them.

It also never occured to them as they were keying my car and screaming gas guzzler that I use BIO dIESAL which gives off less ommissions than a model airplane.

I wish they would go away. They are so ignorant.

P