Redefining the word or labelling honorable people of the past with it isn't going to change anything, dumbass. If you call yourself a liberal then your actions in the here and now are going to define it. Right now, liberal stands for nanny gubmint, social engineering, high taxes, moral relativism, weak defense, appeasement of enemies and tens of millions of unborn murdered, among other things. Fancy slogans aren't going to fool anyone.