What does being a "Liberal" mean? (US)

[Fair&Balanced]

Originally Posted by Griff

We happen to agree on these issues as framed, but a generation of voters has to die off before complete gay rights are the consensus. You appear to be basing your belief of what constitutes consensus on agreement with yourself and like-minded people. I forget whose sock puppet I'm addressing, (if you are a one label poster I apologize) but I'm going to guess that you are middle-aged urbanite, since your "consensus" ideas reflect that background. Where I live, the consensus positions are gun rights, low tax rates, and individual responsibility. If I only talked to locals I'd never suspect that 1/2 the country doesn't buy it.

No, I am not basing consensus on myself and like-minded people. I thought I was clear that I am basing it on broad national public opinion (not any one selected community) and/or widely held and long-term policies and practices.

I dont see a need to address the sock pocket comment.