By: Lynn Atherton Bloxham

Excellent article. I agree wholeheartedly and have refused to use the term liberal when referring to statists/fascists/collectivists. Trying to be polite I usually just say Democrats or a label they prefer,communitarian. The only reason I refer to them in writing sometimes as Progressives (which is laughable considering that the progressive does not understand real progress and is actually advocates a throwback to ancient tribalism of the worst sort). However Progressives have such a sordid history, if they want to claim it, so be it.
You have written a clear and concise history of the poor misused word liberal. Hopefully it will encourage many to not allow further misuse of the name.