WASHINGTON POST mention: Who is actually a "liberal"?

In the Washington Post, writer Graham Vyse broke down the bitter fight on the left over “liberalism.” I had the privilege of speaking with Graham about this rift and where libertarians and conservatives are at on this debate.

“The confusion over who on the left should qualify — or even wants to qualify — as a liberal has created an opening for libertarians. Before the 20th century, “liberal” generally meant what we now call libertarianism: government taking a hands-off attitude in both the social and economic realms. Stephen Kent, a spokesman for the D.C.-based public relations firm Young Voices, told me libertarians like him have “an opportunity to drop ‘classical’ from the way we describe our liberalism and just step in as the champions of liberal thought and the open society.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/bernie-sanders-is-often-called-a-liberal-hed-beg-to-differ-who-is-actually-a-liberal/2021/01/28/16e283b4-5a7d-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html