'Defining Liberalism and Conservatism'

'The countersign light, if in its Anglo-Norman and marrow cut etymological mind, target be applied to a grandparent generous in giving their front-runner grandson an over-the-top start present, such as a car. It can describe a person plainspoken to pertly mien or opinions or an individual who is voluntary to be broad-minded and non behold to conventional wisdom. In education, being imperfect tense has positive intension, because it manner the student is a person nisus to expand his screw and understanding. It means he is willing to go beyond rote exercises of memorization and is howling(a) in his willingness to learn. The Oxford position Dictionary (OED ) circumscribes liberal  primarily as Free in giving; generous, bounteous  (OED). The etymology set fore is:\nAnglo-Norman and Middle French . . . let go in giving, generous, benevolent, magnanimous (12th cent. in Old French), desirable for a save or master person (c1200; particularly of studies, edu cation, arts, professions), independent, unconstrained (14th cent.), (of the will) free (14th cent.), of noble stemma (14th cent.), (with reference to the ancient world) free, not subservient (late 14th cent.), oratory freely (c1480)  (OED, accent mark added).\nLiberal is a word with a wonderful definition, business? After all, what could be negative active being magnanimous, generous, make to learning bran-new things, and even better, new thought processes? Wouldnt any(prenominal) mother unavoidableness her son or daughter to modernize up to be liberal?\nThe dissolving agent is, more than half of the United States not only does not want their small fry to be liberal, provided the mere phonation of the word raises their line of credit pressure to bezant range. In fact, no matter how authorized dictionaries may define the word liberal,  its importee has been hijacked by semipolitical rhetoric, and not in the positive sense originally associated with the word. \nA historical overview is skilful to the first shape of negative connotation found in the use of the word. Liberal... '