Liberalism Day 2014

[C. Carlüs Xheraltescù]

Ladies and gentlemen of Talossa, I wish you all a happy liberalism day! Throughout the day (16th of June), members of the Liberal Congress will be posting short essays, posts, cartoons, songs and heaven knows what else. Historically, this has been a day to reclaim the term 'liberalism' from the American left by informing people of the roots of liberalism; we will endeavour to celebrate by just talking about liberalism both in the Talossan context, and in the macronational context.

I'll start off the celebration by posting a link to a blogpost I wrote a couple of weeks ago on toleration, and why self-proclaimed 'liberals' annoy me by not being particularly liberal. Enjoy!

Why 'Liberals' Annoy Me Sometimes

Take it away, lads!

[Munditenens Tresplet]

Happy Liberalism Day!



As Carlüs said, we will be posting random things all day to celebrate both liberalism in Talossa and across the world--including in America, where the word liberal came to describe something other than it has traditionally meant for centuries. I personally am tired of having to call myself a "liberal in the European sense" or a "Classical liberal"; its about time we change that. Or, not, of course, because as a liberal, I also celebrate the fact that people have the right to call us anything they want.

I'll be posting more a little later on, but for now I'll leave you with some tunes:

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

In the USA, we would refer to your definition as a "Libertarian".

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Or classical liberal.

I'll gladly celebrate liberalism day, though! Hurrah!

[C. Carlüs Xheraltescù]

Another tune on the subject of freedom:

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

As a good communist, I hate liberals almost as much as I hate conservatives. Especially liberal imperialists.

[C. Carlüs Xheraltescù]

Hate's a strong word, and Blair's not the sort of person I'd call a liberal...