Are you a liberal or a conservative?

I have a completely different idea of what liberals do and desire... I think the classification is a misnomer. If I need to be labeled as one or the other I am definitely conservative/traditional

It depends on the topic for me. On some topics I consider myself to be fairly conservative but on others I think I am pretty liberal. I am probably more liberal than conservative. I think for a lot of things there is always room for improvment as long as it doesn't pose a threat to anyone. I also consider myself to be very open minded and accept people for who they are no matter what race or religion.

I don't know, I've never understood, we all know how things should be but no politicians seem to actually do anything, well they talk about what they'd do better than the other one and then when they get elected - SUPRISE - nothing much happens. As for me as a person, I'm just me - a bit wild but mellowing gently,

I am mostly conservative but do have a little bit of the liberal tucked away inside me. I believe in being open-minded and tolerant, but some of the liberals take that too far in my opinion. For example, a rapist or mass murderer has RIGHTS to all sorts of things, when obviously the victim had none at all. Yes, I do believe that political correctness has gone way too far but I won't stand on my soapbox too much over that one. I do not completely resist change, but like to see a valid reason for any changes that are made. Remember the old adage "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" but some of the more liberal minded people think that everything needs fixing and that anything older than yesterday is "obsolete". Definately conservative in my dress in some ways, although that could be put down to my age as well, but at the same time I also wear what I am comfortable in rather than what looks good. LOL Manners I am very strict about. It doesn't take much of an effort to say "please" and/or "thank you" but according so some to insist on these things is taking away the individuality of people. HUH?

Estherlou I love discussions like this. I am both conservative and liberal, actually I consider my self libertarian, and proud of it. I believe in maximum individual freedom. I believe that this is also a conservative idea because I believe in "conserving" governments' role in our personal freedom. I believe that taxes are also a strain on our personal freedoms. Alot of conservatives would agree with me. I think social safety net policies of the left hurt personal responiblity. I find that politician that call themselves liberal are actually just big government spenders. Liberal politicians in the USA are actually are for government control, and less for personal freedoms. I think that conservatives are correct about marriage. I don't care what people say marriage it should be left between a man and a woman.

I see myself as predominately liberal but has some conservative sides, liberal in views and ideas and while dealing with people accepting and tolerating different views, etc.but more conservative in cloth and personal behavior at times.. it's hard to explain; I'm a kind of strange mix but what people usually notice is the liberal person and that's how they would describe me.

For years I've described myself as a liberal conservative or a conservative liberal. A survey I once took labeled me as a "centrist", whatever that is. I think that the older I get, the more conservative I become, but I'll always be a liberal conservative as far as I'm concerned. I can't just be liberal or conservative. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I'm little bit of both and it really depends on the situation at hand.