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That is semantics friend. You're describing semantics. We disagree on the meaning of a word, because colloquially it means one thing while it means something else in other definitions.
Also your analogy is bad. You're describing a generalization or the formation of a stereotype.
Correcting language IS NOT how you correct ideas. You correct ideas by making people experience a difference in emotion.
You are wrong
Care to expand? Maybe read Rules For Radicals and you can tell me why I'm wrong.
American usage/understanding of "liberal" as leftist in any meaningful way is not colloquial, it is a misapprehension deliberately encouraged by our government to give the false impression of political diversity
As I said before, semantics. I'm on your side. I agree that the Dems are hardly any better than the GOP. The 2 party system is trash, and we need actual progress instead of folks just keeping things the way they are.