As opposed to conservative, liberal implies progressive, aiming to change things while conservative implies keeping them the way they were. Another sense of the word liberal is idea of non inter ference. The liberal would say let them do what ever...con servatives would say we don't do that around here.
Fascists come in both colors. Fascism occurs when a group accepts no other opinion but their own and enforce that with Physical or intellectual retribution. Mob rule could be considered an example of anarchic fascim. Republican fascists in late TwenCen used 'liberal' to bad mouth Democrats, intellectuals and 'the media'
Neo Liberal implies a contrast to that lingering definition. Since the terms liberal and coservative have recently lost most meaning theyn can only be interpreted through context. Adding the prefix 'Neo' does not fix the problem.
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Thursday, April 15, 2004
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