Sometimes I use the term “liberal” without explaining it sufficiently. I apologize for that. Let me clarify what I mean by liberal. Technically, these are two types of liberals, I call them: classic liberals and leftist liberals. Classic liberals believe in individual rights, free markets, representative democracy, and limited government… in other words, the opposite of what Democrats represent in this country. What happened with liberalism is that it was perverted by a misunderstanding of what individual rights meant, a redefinition of rights that is leftist in nature. The leftist liberals believe that a central government should have more power, that rights and privileges must be given to and/or taken from racial or social groups, and that the inequalities caused by free market competition are undemocratic. This is what the Democrats in this country represent. This is what I refer to when I say the word liberal. Most liberals actually believe in the classical liberal philosophy but have stuck to the party that, dishonestly, still calls itself liberal. A more fitting description would be leftist.

John Locke, considered father of liberal philosophy, inspired the Declaration of Independence phrase “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness”

So the question I pose to all liberals is: are you a classic liberal or a leftist liberal? If you are the former, I suggest you vote independent or conservative, because the Democrats have hijacked the classical philosophy of liberalism and twisted it beyond recognition.

-AG