I am amazed at the misunderstanding of words. I would think that every conservative would also demand to be liberal. Definitions of liberalism on the Web:
•a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
•an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market
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•Liberalism (from the Latin liberalis, "of freedom; worthy of a free man, gentlemanlike, courteous, generous" ) is the belief in the importance of individual freedom. ...
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•Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual liberty. ...
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•The quality of being liberal; Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed; An economic theory in favour of laissez faire and the free market
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