Well he better fucking like it, because apparently two name changes are not allowed.
You might have already looked it up, but just in case.
Classical Liberalism is Liberal 1700’s style. It is based on philosphers such as John Stuart Mill, Locke, and (especially) Adam Smith. It is very much interested in having government stay the hell out of people’s lives as much as possible. It is Lazzie Faire economics, it is religious tolerance, it is a (to abuse the Jefferson quote) “If it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg, then it is none of my business.” sort of approach to government.
It advocates individualism to a high degree (which is from JS Mill). It assumes people will always pursue goals that directly concern them and so it sets up government with opposing bodies and oversights and checks & balances and all that stuff that makes The Republic work (or not work, depending upon your point of view).
I could try to describe the political philosophy of modern Liberalism and where it came from, but I think I’d probably muck it all up. My classical political philosophy chops are not so bad, my recent political philosophy is sadly lacking.
Hey if a unfit non-sword carrying Irish guy can call himself yojimbo then **Libertarian ** can call himself Liberal
Congrats on your second name-change! 
Testing. Testing. 123. […tap tap…] Is this thing on?
Lib, frankly, I’m really really worried about you. This isn’t even close to the first time you’ve gone through these swings. I am absolutely dead serious when I tell you I think you have a problem and need to see a professional to get help.
Esprix
And apparently he gets all huffy about others using the word as it’s defined in the 21st century as opposed to the 18th.
Not sure whether that means Lib thinks any evolution of language since Samuel Johnson published his dictionary is invalid, or whether he thinks he owns the rights to the definition of ‘liberal’. (It really means ‘a small town in Kansas’.) Not that I care much.
Well, RT, since you people made it into a cuss word, I thought I’d take it back. And, Esprix, I know you mean it when you say you’re worried. You’ve proven your friendship. So believe me when I tell you, don’t worry. A name change is not a "swing’. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for some time. But thanks.
Henceforth, and in accordance with the underlying theory extent at the time of its discovery, the lowly electron shall be referred to as a “vortex ring of the luminiferous aether.” The term “electron” is no longer operant.
Who is “you people”?
You’re full of it, Lib, and you know it. I can’t believe you expect us to swallow your codswallop. There is as much difference between classical and contemporary liberalism as there is between classical and contemporary music, and you know full well that you are deliberately obfuscating the term to make your point.
What point? I have no fucking clue, but I’m sure you’ll eventually pull one out of your ass.
I think it’s quite amusing how a name change can cause such a stir.
Lib, I endorse and support your new name, if only because it means you don’t need a new nickname.
(On a related note, I’ve been planning on changing my name to “Star Wars pwnzzz Star Trek.” Well, okay, no, not really…)
I must say I am sick of this. I can’t count the number of times I have seen this line regarding Lib. Let me be the first to say that I am not a bit worried, I haven’t seen a change from him this year, and if I had, I would issue concerns about his mental health in private by email.
Why does the consistent decision of one poster to be a jerk get treated as if he has a mental disorder? I have quietly observed Lib*****'s tendency to:
Hijack threads
Insert obscure philosophical arguments into threads not calling for such arguments
Take umbrage at imagined insults
Adopt the pose of a wounded martyr
And a number of other faults. At this point, I can’t bring myself to get all a-twitter over a lousy name change. Nor can I fathom how being an asshole became a mental disorder.
The first sentence of my OP was:
The question was answered by the supplied links, confirmed by Liberal himself (though I wish he’d gone into more detail). The thread is now showing every sign of degenerating into a pitting. Anyone who feels Lib deserves pitting - and I must admit that includes me sometimes - is free to start their own thread.
Mods, please close this one.
But first let me say that this is a very good thing, if for no other reason than it now frees me to look for apartments in, if I may be so bold, brooklyn.
Anyone got a line on a decently large 2-bedroom on the park for under $650 K or so? 
Thank you. I was just venting a little bit of frustration yesterday so I wouldn’t end up trying to bite my own ear.
I may still try anyway, just for fun. 
Yeah, what he said.
Libertarian/Liberal has always been an asshole.
Nah, I’m sure he worked long and hard at his assholery.
The heart of liberalism is a belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual. Liberalism is poltical courage. It was liberals who abandoned their homes hundreds of years ago and journeyed to the New World. The hardships they endured for the sake of freedom are scarcely imaginable today. For them, hard work was noble, struggle was edifying, and success was not something given, but something earned by walking on the slippery and unforgiving stepping stones of failure. It was a liberal, Henry David Thoreau, who wrote, “If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.” Modern centrism (which calls itself liberalism) is the eclectic din of a thousand do-gooders pushing themselves into our homes like zombies stripped of free will, and driven by a misery loves company philosophy. The only difference these days between a so-called “liberal” and a conservative is that one is fixated on your wallet and the other on your zipper. It is this centrism that has almost destroyed America as both sides believe that your business is theirs. Principle has been abandoned for expedience. And I want to raise up a once noble flag. It may be tattered, but it is still beautiful.
Heh! Yeah, good luck with that.
But a more apropos analogy would be if you changed your name to WarmandFuzzyWastrelo’Money, or something.
I object to the name change, solely on trademark and branding grounds. Like unto Kentucky Fried Chicken becoming KFC and now the abomination “Kitchen Fresh” Chicken, such things can lead to no good, I tells ya.