So, do you classify the French Revolution as liberal? In the end, it turned out to be inconsistent with liberal values. It had a tendency to embrace the anti-liberal ideology of Romanticism.
Yes. It was the expression of what in its day was anti-monarchist, founded on the ideals that I list above.
The "American context" clouds the issue as today conservative means nothing, with the GOP fully supporting anti-constitutional behavior such as the unitary executive in Trump's unconstitutional firings and executive orders into congressional areas of power.
"Liberalism" has been defined as you say by conservatives because liberal policies ended the infringement of rights by conservative states.
Fact, dude. Before you post you should read a little, in this case about The Enlightenment and the French Revolution.
So, do you classify the French Revolution as liberal? In the end, it turned out to be inconsistent with liberal values. It had a tendency to embrace the anti-liberal ideology of Romanticism.
Yes. It was the expression of what in its day was anti-monarchist, founded on the ideals that I list above.
The "American context" clouds the issue as today conservative means nothing, with the GOP fully supporting anti-constitutional behavior such as the unitary executive in Trump's unconstitutional firings and executive orders into congressional areas of power.
"Liberalism" has been defined as you say by conservatives because liberal policies ended the infringement of rights by conservative states.