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Rick Gordon's avatar

Trump is an embarrassment whenever he speaks about international or domestic situations or people without any accurate understanding of the facts. While some of his messaging is appropriate the majority is ill formed and will not 'make America great again'. What we need are leaders who will work with those with differing views to reach an agreement to 'solve' any of the major problems we face.

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Alan E. Bernstein's avatar

In addition to Locke's structural liberalism, well outlined here, there are other connotations that can be brought out. For decades now, Republicans have been discrediting the word "liberal." That's a disservice. "Liberal" evokes or derives from two Latin words. "Liber," which means "free" and "liberalis" which means "generous." Please warn me if there's anything wrong with being free, generous, or protected by institutions that check the abuse of power and protect the rule of law. It is conservative to be that kind of liberal.

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