It seems revisionist to throw out the associations that history accepts because it feels like it places America at the center and we don’t like that. To refute the impact the American Revolution had on the French and then their Revolution is revisionist,
Those seated on the left, those who were pushing for overthrowing the monarchy were doing so with a decidedly American Liberalism view NOT the “leftist” views we have today. They were not actually for the commons anymore then the democrats of today are.
I’m responding on a chain of comments where American liberalism and the word liberal have been skewed to be a pejorative term over the years.
I’m talking about etymology because the thread is about it.
It seems revisionist to throw out the associations that history accepts because it feels like it places America at the center and we don’t like that. To refute the impact the American Revolution had on the French and then their Revolution is revisionist,
Those seated on the left, those who were pushing for overthrowing the monarchy were doing so with a decidedly American Liberalism view NOT the “leftist” views we have today. They were not actually for the commons anymore then the democrats of today are.
I’m responding on a chain of comments where American liberalism and the word liberal have been skewed to be a pejorative term over the years.
I’m talking about etymology because the thread is about it.