AZAndy
Member
I'm surprised they didn't mention the Liberal Gun Club, which is a real thing.
I think of myself as liberal, though not in the recently (by "recently", I mean during my lifetime) redefined sense of the word. The Constitution started as a very liberal document for its era, and has become more so over time-- freedom of speech and religion? No search or seizure without warrants? Freedom to own and use firearms? Representative government? Jury of peers? Equality under the law? Such ideas strike me as the opposite of authoritarian, and thus liberal. I really admire the Enlightenment period, with Hume and Mill and Kant and Jefferson and Payne and all those dudes.
There, now I'm out of the closet.
I think of myself as liberal, though not in the recently (by "recently", I mean during my lifetime) redefined sense of the word. The Constitution started as a very liberal document for its era, and has become more so over time-- freedom of speech and religion? No search or seizure without warrants? Freedom to own and use firearms? Representative government? Jury of peers? Equality under the law? Such ideas strike me as the opposite of authoritarian, and thus liberal. I really admire the Enlightenment period, with Hume and Mill and Kant and Jefferson and Payne and all those dudes.
There, now I'm out of the closet.