Older students and the liberal arts

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By your own volition you are using the words incorrectly and my point is that this is (by definition) perpetuating ignorance.

You should understand that when you call somebody a liberal you are calling them 'open minded' & when you call somebody conservative you are calling them 'resistant to change'.

Is that 'a doctor', or 'your heart surgeon'? A Corvette or a car? A floor or a deck? Words have meanings for a reason, and ignoring those reasons doesn't make them go away, it just makes you wrong.

That's my point.

Liberal
/ˈlɪbərəl, ˈlɪbrəl/
[lib-er-uhl, lib-ruhl
–adjective
1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
2. noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.

Conservative
con·serv·a·tive   /kənˈsɜrvətɪv/ [kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv]
-adjective
4. of or pertaining to the Conservative party.

There's the definitions.

It's not "perpetuating ignorance" to use the meaning of a word in common useage. If anything it just makes you look snobby.