whats differs from liberal and libertarian?

BaldFriede wrote: Blacksword wrote: TRIGGER WARNING!! - MAY UPSET THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DOG TRAINED TO BE OVER SENSITIVE. Recently I watched students surround a respected professor at Yale demanding an apology from him for endorsing Halloween, and suggesting that those offended by some peoples costumes should merely turn away. The professor calmly tried to explain his position which was essentially based in inclusivity, but this induced what can only be described as a hysterical screaming panic attack in one intense young woman, whose words of venomous condemnation evoked a round of "jazz hands" applause from the zombified crowd. Just to be clear "jazz hands" is basically clicking ones fingers instead of clapping to show appreciation, so as not to induce anxiety in others... This is just one example of the weird and darkly ironic authoritarian behaviour of the new cult of modern liberalism being installed and encouraged in the young. Does anyone else think there is something unsavoury and dubious going on, and that the world is essentially going mad?? Maybe I am dumb, but I don't see any liberalism in this, neither genuine nor faux.

No your not dumb at all. They are not liberals at all. Their outlook is authoritarian which is the opposite. I expect THEY regard temselves as liberal. They are part of whats wrong with the world right now. IMO.

being from the USA myself I know what you mean. I just told Friede that people in the USA feel liberal when they say "F*** the politicians"

And I come to expect religious nuts getting crazy over "wars on Christmas" and such but it's sad and worrying when the ones getting all foamy on the mouth are supposedly "liberal" college students. 

^Well that outrage comes from the (supposedly) other end of the spectrum (the religious loonies) but it's basically the same just with a different perspective: people getting upset about supposed offenses to entire groups, so that they feel morally superior. 

Here in the US sadly you get to call yourself liberal if you can get sufficiently upset about something and post it on youtube or twitter these days... 

^^^  That's exactly what I mean. But I see this happening in schools rather than in the home.

Edited by TeleStrat - November 10 2015 at 11:25

^Those are terrible. Those are the worst. But some "liberals" aren't much better when they act like it's their way or no way at all. It's ridiculous that "liberals" restrain free speech. True liberals will defend the right of people to express themselves above their self-entitlement and their need to feel good about their privileges (these are college students in an expensive University. They are privileged). 

BTW, I completely agree with Blacksword's statement. I'm just as tired of the far left as I am of the far right.

A Person wrote: https://medium.com/@aaronzlewis/what-s-really-going-on-at-yale-6bdbbeeb57a6

"an email sent by Professor Erika Christakis, which suggested that people should feel free to wear culturally insensitive costumes on Halloween."

That's a total mischaracterization of her e-mail.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/the-new-intolerance-of-student-activism-at-yale/414810/

 “We simply ask that our existences not be invalidated on campus,” the letter says, catastrophizing.

Please read this slowly, and let it soak in that there are people that actually feel that their existence is invalidated by a Halloween costume.