Can you elaborate on the Samoan/Hawaiian point?

jgbtc

 is probably (and the USA has been pretty good at) is

staying away and moving away from either of these polarities - both the Left's removal of choice and the Right's institutionalization of exclusion. Until recently of course.

Politics_And_Law

Your Terms Are Broken (Conservative / Liberal)

kepford

- **Progressive:** removal of choice.
  - Everyone must take the vax
  - Everyone must wear a mask
  - Every business must stay closed
  - Nobody can homeschool
  - Nobody can own firearms

- **Right wing:** exclusion of subgroups.
  - if you weren't born here, you're not really part of this small town
  - Women shouldn't vote
  - Gays can't call their unions "marriage"
  - Infidels out of the Holy Lands
  - Only Samoans can be real Hawaiians.

What we called **liberalism** is probably (and the USA has been pretty good at) is
staying away and moving away from either of these polarities - both the Left's removal of choice and the Right's institutionalization of exclusion. Until recently of course. 