Liberal = tolerant. But not of fascism, autocracy, corruption, riots, coup attempt. etc. It pertains to race, religion, gender, differences. I am liberal because I endure non liberals opinions. I listen to them & try to apply reason & facts & truth & history, but THEY are not liberal so the opposition resorts to intolerance.

I am a liberal because I want to continually explore new and better ways to do what needs to be done for a healthier and more stable America.

Great article. Number 4 makes me mindful of cancel culture, when people offended by others' statements seek not merely to refute those others but to silence them.

It's also grating to me that most Americans are too ignorant to understand the difference between liberal politics, such as being for equal rights for all, legal abortion, etc. and neoliberalism, which is an economic policy that both major parties in the US embrace. Neoliberal economic policy is never honestly discussed, and almost never even mentioned, in the corporate mass media of the US, because it only favors multinational corporations and the rich, never workers or the average peasant here. But if you ask most Americans, they will confuse the two terms and assume, wrongly, that most people like me who advocate liberal social policies, also support neoliberal economics, and, at least for me, nothing could be further from the truth.

We in America have Ronald Reagan and Co. (GOP) to thank for poisoning the word "liberal." That was done intentionally. Further confusing everyone is the term "neo-liberal," which is something entirely different.

I am a liberal because I consider it to be the superior position.