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DNC Moves to Oust David Hogg After He Says Party Isn’t Standing Up to Trump (truthout.org)

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The DNC cited a procedural concern, but Hogg said it is “impossible to ignore the broader context” of his criticisms.

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[–] btaf45@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You should learn what the word liberal actually means.

Yes you should.

[Used politically, it means "a person who believes that government should be active in supporting social and political change."]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/liberal-meaning-origin-history

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

Okay so, given complicated the differences between variations of liberalism are, Merriam Webster is really not a good source here. That's not what liberalism means in most of the world. That said, the Democratic Party is definitely classical liberal (also known as neoliberal), rather than social liberal, which is what you're talking about, and that also exists so I wasn't 100% correct either, but either way "liberal" is absolutely not a synonym with "progressive".