From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Aug 19 2005 - 17:49:28 BST
Hi Arlo,
Your long quote from Wikipedia defining liberalism is misleading. The
current meaning of liberalism in America is quite different, as you will
see if you go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Liberalism
where "American Liberalism" is described.
Platt
> [Arlo]
> From Wikipedia:
>
> Conservatism: "Conservatism is a generic term for a wide range of
> ideologies, political philosophies, political movements, and social and
> cultural attitudes, which oppose change to some degree, and seek to limit
> change in some way. All conservatives would reject the proposition "Change
> is good in itself... Conservatives also vary widely in the limits to
> innovation which they propose. Secular Burkean conservatives insist that
> change should be organic, Christian conservatives look to the Bible for
> their criteria, Muslim conservatives to the Quran, and there are many other
> sources for such limits."
>
> Liberalism: "Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical
> and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty and
> private property as the purpose of government. It typically favors the
> right to dissent from orthodox tenets or established authorities in
> political or religious matters. In this respect, it is sometimes held in
> contrast to conservatism. Since liberalism also focuses on the ability of
> individuals to structure their own society, it is almost always opposed to
> totalitarianism and collectivist ideologies, particularly communism."
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