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  • I’ll just leave this here. Here are definitions of liberalism from Merriam Webster:

    1. “inclination to be open to ideas and ways of behaving that are not conventional or traditional”
    2. “a political philosophy based on belief in progress and stressing the essential goodness of the human race, freedom for the individual from arbitrary authority, and protection and promotion of political and civil liberties”
    3. “a political philosophy based on the belief that freedom of the individual is paramount and that government’s role should be largely limited to protecting that freedom”
    4. “a theory in economics emphasizing individual freedom from restraint and usually based on free competition, the self-regulating market, and the gold standard”

    As opposed to fascism (today’s Republican party):

    1. “a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition”

    A moderate is a liberal if they still believe in traditional free markets, individual liberty, democracy, and civil rights.