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| − | '''"Liberalism-ism"''' is a term coined by [[British]] conservative [[politician]] [[Douglas Carswell]] to describe the belief that anything labelled "[[liberal]],"<ref>http://www.talkcarswell.com/libe092.htm</ref> or "[[progressive]]," or "[[Social Justice|social]]" must be inherently good, and anything labelled "[[conservative]]," or "[[Traditional values|traditional]]," or "[[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]]" must be inherently bad. He argues that this notion of the [[political spectrum]], a belief that "progress" is gained only by enacting stricter or greater legislation in order to achieve an [[idealist]] goal, has reached such a level that it may be itself termed an [[ideology]]; ''"the irrational belief in the ideology of liberalism"'', says Carswell in "The Left was Never Right", "''has reached the level of an ideology in its own right; '''"liberalism-ism."'''<ref>The Left Was Never Right, Douglas Carswell</ref> | + | '''"Liberalism-ism"''' is a term coined by [[British]] conservative [[politician]] [[Douglas Carswell]] to describe the belief that anything labelled "[[liberal]],"<ref>http://www.talkcarswell.com/libe092.htm</ref> or "[[progressive]]," or "[[Social Justice|social]]" must be inherently good, and anything labelled "[[conservative]]," or "[[Traditional values|traditional]]," or "[[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]]" must be inherently bad. He argues that this notion of the [[political spectrum]], a belief that "progress" is gained only by enacting stricter or greater [[legislation]] in order to achieve an [[idealist]] goal, has reached such a level that it may be itself termed an [[ideology]]; ''"the irrational belief in the ideology of liberalism"'', says Carswell in "The Left was Never Right", "''has reached the level of an ideology in its own right; '''"liberalism-ism."'''<ref>The Left Was Never Right, Douglas Carswell</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:04, December 25, 2010
"Liberalism-ism" is a term coined by British conservative politician Douglas Carswell to describe the belief that anything labelled "liberal,"[1] or "progressive," or "social" must be inherently good, and anything labelled "conservative," or "traditional," or "fiscally conservative" must be inherently bad. He argues that this notion of the political spectrum, a belief that "progress" is gained only by enacting stricter or greater legislation in order to achieve an idealist goal, has reached such a level that it may be itself termed an ideology; "the irrational belief in the ideology of liberalism", says Carswell in "The Left was Never Right", "has reached the level of an ideology in its own right; "liberalism-ism."[2]
References
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- ↑ http://www.talkcarswell.com/libe092.htm
- ↑ The Left Was Never Right, Douglas Carswell