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Do You Use the Term "Liberal" as an Insult?

Do You Use the Term "Liberal" as an Insult?

  • I am a conservative and I do

    Votes: 3 6.3%

  • I am a conservative and I do not

    Votes: 5 10.4%

  • I am a liberal and I do

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • I am a liberal and I do not

    Votes: 17 35.4%

  • I am a libertarian and I do

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I am a libertarian and I do not

    Votes: 3 6.3%

  • I am a centrist/moderate and I do

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • I am a centrist/moderate and I do not

    Votes: 4 8.3%

  • I fit some other category and I do

    Votes: 4 8.3%

  • I fit some other category and I do not

    Votes: 10 20.8%
  • Total voters
    48
Liberal as an insult?
Isn't it awfully mouthy to be using as a curse?

Liberal you!

Liberalit

Go Liberal yourself

God-Liberalit
 
Well.. I have heard people use the phrase "libtard" but it's confusing.. Are they talking about liberals or libertarians? It could be either.
 
SheWolf said:
Well.. I have heard people use the phrase "libtard" but it's confusing.. Are they talking about liberals or libertarians? It could be either.
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Liberals. It means liberal. We do the same thing with conservatard. Lol. Always makes me laugh because the words sound funny.
 
SheWolf said:
Well.. I have heard people use the phrase "libtard" but it's confusing.. Are they talking about liberals or libertarians? It could be either.
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I have coined a new word, "libertardian" so now we have a distinction :lol:
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Taken from the other thread and from Winston's comment. So, tell us, when you use the term "liberal" do you use it to identify a political lean or ideology, or to be insulting?

Oh, and here's a little additional piece. Anyone who chooses "No, I do not use it as an insult", will cause me to do a thorough search of their posts. I will then, for honesty's sake, post ANYTHING that seems to refute their claim that they do not use it to be insulting. Let's get a little honesty going here at DP.

Go to it.
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Nope, don't use it as an insult. Go ahead and go through my posts.
 
I use it negatively far more than I would with conservatives, though I also find particular brands of conservatives to sneer at.
 
I don't always see it being used as an insult, but there are those who will label something as liberal as if that alone was a reason to stop considering an idea. This sort of thing is moronic and closed minded.
 
Kev316 said:
Liberals. It means liberal. We do the same thing with conservatard. Lol. Always makes me laugh because the words sound funny.
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I have no respect for anybody who uses either of those terms.
 
I thought the new term was progressive. Does the press even use the outdated term liberal anymore?
 
I'm sure I have, but usually preface it with 'mindless' or 'moronic' to specify the mindless moronic partisan liberal hacks and usually after one of them has made a mindless moronic characterization of conservatives. I think calling someone a 'democrat' (or republican for that matter) is a far greater insult.

I have liberal tendencies. I am probably more of a bleeding heart when it comes to the treatment of say, prisoners, than most liberals. I think there are better means of providing care for people and that most of what we as a society do with the poor hurts rather than helps. I give freely of not just my income but a substantial amount of my time. But because I dont believe the fed has a role in providing those services (and especially that the fed has demonstrated their fiscal incompetence) then I dont qualify even a little bit as a liberal. But I UNDERSTAND 'liberals'. I work with a significant number of them. I dont think 'liberals' are a bad thing. I DO think mindless partisan hacks of both sides are.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Taken from the other thread and from Winston's comment. So, tell us, when you use the term "liberal" do you use it to identify a political lean or ideology, or to be insulting?

Oh, and here's a little additional piece. Anyone who chooses "No, I do not use it as an insult", will cause me to do a thorough search of their posts. I will then, for honesty's sake, post ANYTHING that seems to refute their claim that they do not use it to be insulting. Let's get a little honesty going here at DP.

Go to it.
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I'm a libertarian and I do not use liberal as an insult. I rather like the term.

But sometimes I do use it in an ideological sense (never insulting) to imply a general movement within our political system.
 
Greatly depends what you mean by "insult".

Do you mean insult as something along the lines of "jackass", "jerk" or "bafoon"? Then no. I'm not going to randomly call my friend who just stole a slice of my pizza "You damn liberal". I'm not going to get heated on the basektball court and heckle the other player going "you're nothing but a liberal".

Do you mean insult in such a fashion that its used as a negative trait? IE, "I dislike Obama, he's too Liberal" or "We get along great even though he's a liberal". Then yeah, I've used it as that. Just like I've used "Dallas Fan" as an insult, or "evangelical, or something else as an insult. Not necessarily suggesting that the thing in question is somehow inherently bad or insulting, but that its something that is negative compared to my point of view so is something I view as such.

I don't see anything wrong with the second one, its a typical and common thing amongst humans and far from something limited to conservatives.
 
this indicates referring to someone as a conservative may be found insulting ... that it indicates they are fearful and lack courage:
... A study at University College London in the UK has found that conservatives' brains have larger amygdalas than the brains of liberals. Amygdalas are responsible for fear and other "primitive" emotions. At the same time, conservatives' brains were also found to have a smaller anterior cingulate -- the part of the brain responsible for courage and optimism.

If the study is confirmed, it could give us the first medical explanation for why conservatives tend to be more receptive to threats of terrorism, for example, than liberals. And it may help to explain why conservatives like to plan based on the worst-case scenario, while liberals tend towards rosier outlooks. ...
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Study: Conservatives have larger ‘fear center’ in brain | Raw Story
 
I do, I admit it.
Side note, Charlie Rangle on Hard Ball right now taking about "tea baggers" what a ****ing liberal douch bag!
 
Henrin said:
Liberals are always butthurt about something. Now they are butthurt over liberals being used as insult. Stop being butthurt for a change.
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So you're butthurt over some other people being butthurt, but of course youre butthurt is justified.
 
Blackdog said:
Some really bigoted hard core (they think) right wingers (you know who you are) do use it as such. For example finishing off a post and saying "my left wing friend" is not a term of endearment, period.

It is a shame so many right wing people do this.

Not that it means much either way as the terms "Nazi" and "fascist" get thrown at conservatives all the time for no good reason.
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I agree, theres also lefties that do the same in an opposite fashion

and for the record, there currently 5 people that answered with you, IMO your the only one that didnt lie ;)
 
justabubba said:
this indicates referring to someone as a conservative may be found insulting ... that it indicates they are fearful and lack courage:
Study: Conservatives have larger ‘fear center’ in brain | Raw Story
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I wonder how much of this depends on what one considers "conservative". The various troubles of this study could merely be used to foster more material for liberals to impress themselves on their magnificence in being less "carnal" or "barbaric" and more "civilized".
 
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justabubba said:
this indicates referring to someone as a conservative may be found insulting ... that it indicates they are fearful and lack courage:
Study: Conservatives have larger ‘fear center’ in brain | Raw Story
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Thanks for the link. I know thats it's just preliminary studies being done in this area, but I've always thought that the terrorism fear was just being propagated by Conservatives for their own means. If they really are that afraid that Sharia law is coming to a community near me in the future, I guess that changes how my future responses will be to Conservatives on this issue. Instead of laughing and calling them idiots, I should be more respectful of their views and try to ease their fears. Half of my friends are conservative.

The brain is still unchartered territory in modern medical science.
 
I tend to use liberal/leftist/socialist/communist/national socialist as perjoratives.
 
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Dutch said:
I tend to use liberal/leftist/socialist/communist/national socialist as perjoratives.
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I use liberal as an honorific, myself -- at least as applied to another poster.

THere just aren't too many who qualify that is the real problem.
 
Moderator's Warning:
TED, XFactor... you guys aren't doing it here either. Drop it or take it to the Basement.
 
I take it as it is used with reference to me. In other words, I don't let wingnuts hide behind the conventional meaning of the term when they use it as an insult.
 
Gardener said:
I use liberal as an honorific, myself -- at least as applied to another poster.

THere just aren't too many who qualify that is the real problem.
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You left out leftists/socialists/communists/national socialists. Is it possible to find one term an honorific and not it's related terms? ;)
 
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