tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648480292622180743.post5996589593515930867..comments2023-06-25T01:20:35.889-07:00Comments on Very Rarely Stable: Please argue with me about realityDaniel Copelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944461326199566111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648480292622180743.post-18930484339690483632016-05-10T20:40:11.491-07:002016-05-10T20:40:11.491-07:00Er... given how much of the above post is about pr...Er... given how much of the above post is about precisely the word "liberal" applied to politics, I'm kind of feeling right now like I'm in one of those dreams where nothing I do has the slightest effect on my environment...<br />Yeah. If it's unclear what you mean by a word, you need to try and make it clear. But -- like I say in the post above, just up there, no, really -- the word "liberal" applied to politics is one of those words where it's <em>so</em> unclear that it's nearly always better to pick another word instead.Daniel Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05944461326199566111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648480292622180743.post-88751568675326869542016-05-10T15:51:14.101-07:002016-05-10T15:51:14.101-07:00This is good!
I have one counter-example where I ...This is good!<br /><br />I have one counter-example where I think that talking about definitions is pretty much always useful, and that's the specific word "liberal" as applied to politics. The reason I think it's worth talking about is that (especially in America) "liberal" is assumed to mean the opposite of "conservative" but "Liberal" with a big "L" also refers to a political project with ties to Utilitarianism. I've seen people get very angry about critiques of Liberalism because they assumed they were attacks on a liberal (as in "left of Trump") political position.Wolfboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780236011500530931noreply@blogger.com