The Scatterbrained Syncretist
Words have always been a little unstable. Now they are used with an Orwellian plasticity. Even the most basic political labels are seen through a kaleidoscope:
Liberalism meant speaking up for the voiceless, rejecting racial and sexual discrimination, insisting on the right to free speech opposing the concept of thought crime and embracing scientific progress. It seems that being liberal is not what it one was.
