No longer a dirty word? More Democrats call themselves 'liberal'

[signalmankenneth]

I'm a liberal and will always be one too!

WASHINGTON — American politics is full of second acts, but the biggest rehabilitation in 2019 may be around the word “liberal.” For years, even Democrats shied away from the moniker. But new data show that L-word has emerged from its exile, and is being embraced again by those who once shunned it.

This week Gallup released data showing that, for the first time since 1994, more than half of Democrats, 51 percent, identified their political views as “liberal.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/mee...iberal-n958106

[ThatOwlWoman]

Some of us never stopped hiding from the word.

[Minister of Truth]

How the fuck are only 51% of Dems self-identifying as leftists? Woodrow Wilson was president a full century ago!

[Cypress]

Some of us never stopped hiding from the word.

Me too.

In fact, when George Dumbya Bush and the Iraq War discredited conservatism, there were quite a few rightwing message board posters who tried to co-opt the word liberal by re-branding themselves as "classical liberals".

[StoneByStone]

Me too.

In fact, when George Dumbya Bush and the Iraq War discredited conservatism, there were quite a few rightwing message board posters who tried to co-opt the word liberal by re-branding themselves as "classical liberals".

I still find it funny when Conservatives call themselves "Classical Liberals."

[dukkha]

bless their hearts; they want to do good.

[Irish Exit]

As a progressive, I say thank god.