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WI Patriot wrote:
He's a diehard liberal that got fired from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel years ago.
I respectfully disagree. I found this on another forum, and thought I would share it here.
*Noun: Liberal
A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.
*Adjective: Liberal
1-Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
2-Having political or social views favoring reform and progress.
3-Tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition.
Civil liberties are freedoms that protect an individual from the government of the nation in which they reside. Civil liberties set limits for government so that it cannot abuse its power and interfere unduly with the lives of its citizens.
The right to keep and bear arms is a civil liberty, but it is a civil liberty McNally and manyself proclaimed "
liberals"disapprove of. Ifthese "
liberals" acknowledge that "
the right to keep and bears arms for security, defense, hunting, recreation, and any other lawful purpose," is a civil liberty, then they do
not "favor the protection of civil liberties." If these "
liberals"do not see firearms ownership/possession as a civil liberty, then it begs the question,
what other civil liberties dothey want to take away. Bydefinition, "
liberals" don't take civil liberties away they protect them.
Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness: Not McNally,he isvery close-minded when it comes to firearms ownership/possession.
Tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition: Again, by McNally's statements,he made it clear thathe will not tolerate anyone carrying a sidearm when they go to the store andhe does not want others totolerate it either.
So,
not tolerant,
not broad-minded,
not protecting civil liberties,
not liberal.
In fact, I would have to say, that by the posts I have read on here, and the definition provided,
most members here are true liberals, compared to thelikes McNally.