Defining Liberalism and Conservatism

The word liberal, if in its Anglo-Norman and Middle French etymological aesthesis, can be utilize to a grandparent generous in crowing their favorite grandson an unholy graduation present, such as a car. It can hound a person fall in to tender behavior or opinions or an individual who is unbidden to be open-minded and non beholden to conventional wisdom. In education, being liberal has affirmatory con nonation, because it means the student is a person striving to extend his experience and understanding. It means he is willing to go beyond rote exercises of memorization and is blabby in his willingness to learn. The Oxford English vocabulary (OED ) defines liberal  primarily as Free in giving; generous, magnanimous  (OED). The etymology set frontward is:\nAnglo-Norman and Middle French . . . promiscuous in giving, generous, benevolent, magnanimous (12th cent. in Old French), suitable for a free or statuesque person (c1200; especially of studies, education, arts , professions), independent, unconstrained (14th cent.), (of the will) free (14th cent.), of noble drive home (14th cent.), (with reference to the ancient world) free, not servile (late 14th cent.), oratory freely (c1480)  (OED, emphasis added).\n wanton is a word with a wonderful definition, right? subsequently all, what could be negative to the highest degree being magnanimous, generous, open to development new things, and even better, new thought processes? Wouldnt any yield want her son or daughter to grow up to be liberal?\nThe make is, more than half of the unify States not only does not want their child to be liberal, but the mere vocalisation of the word raises their blood force per unit area to stroke range. In fact, no matter how certain dictionaries may define the word liberal,  its nub has been hijacked by political rhetoric, and not in the positive sense originally associated with the word.\nA historic overview is beneficial to the first variety of neg ative connotation demonstrate in the use of the word. Liberal...