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The Reluctant Liberal

I've a grandson that has been exposed to political liberalism a ll his life. In it's modern version the words "left wing" means the liberal side of politics, and "right wing" describes the more conservative side. In our two party system each term may be used to describe a member of either party. Believe it or not, there are a few conservative Democrats. Today, the Democratic Party has become  overwhelmingly "liberal" and the Republican Party more conservative.  A t times it has been difficult to find enough reasonable cooperation between parties and that is, unfortunately, how it is today.  With President Trump now in the saddle, the Democratic Party has refused any level of cooperation -  and our government has slowed to a walk. The simple explanation is probably the correct one. The hard left wing, usually members of the Democratic Party, allows no other point of view. They each consider moderate and conservative opposing ideas to have n