Proud To Be a Liberal

A Microsoft Perspective Regarding
Liberal vs. Conservative

Each day Microsoft Word makes many of us look smarter than we actually are. Tools such as spell check and grammar check butcher both our business and personal documents with red and green squiggly lines, similar to those pens from the teachers of our youth.

If one is cursed with a limited vocabulary Microsoft Word offers a thesaurus providing numerous synonyms to assist you in your composition. The Microsoft Word thesaurus also offers a single antonym to each word highlighted by the writer.

In today’s America hate radio, Christian fundamentalists, neo-conservatives, and propaganda organizations like FOX have attempted to turn the word liberal into a dirty word if not a sin.

In the 2004 election the Democratic Party seemed to run from the word “liberal” as if it was a bad fart in a small room.

So the Bird with limited research dollars decided he would investigate the fact and the fiction behind the words “liberal” and “conservative”.

For the purpose of this study I decided I would make every attempt to be “fair and balanced”.

As I have mentioned in earlier Bird Poops, I am personally liberal in many aspects of life yet conservative in some others.

I decided that to achieve the proper balance in this research that I would counter my personal liberal slant with that of one of Corporate America’s giant, Microsoft.

By utilizing the thesaurus provided by Microsoft Word, I have listed every synonym for the word “liberal” and “conservative”. I have also provided the single antonym offered by Microsoft for each of these words, and every synonym for each antonym provided for “Liberal” and “Conservative”.

The results from Microsoft’s thesaurus provide if you will forgive the pun windows into America’s current political climate.

“Liberal”

Synonyms for the word Liberal:

Open-minded, Broadminded, Moderate, Noninterventionist, Freethinking, Tolerant, and Laissez-faire.

Antonym for Liberal:

Narrow-minded

Synonyms for Narrow-minded:

Small-minded, Bigoted, Blinkered, Prejudiced, Biased, Insular, and Intolerant

“Conservative”

Synonyms for the word Conservative:

Traditional, Conventional, Conformist, Unadventurous, Old-fashioned, and Old school

Antonym for Conservative:

Avant-garde

Synonyms for Avant-garde:

Ultramodern, Activist, Forward-thinking, Advanced, Ahead of its time, Way-out, Far-out, Futuristic, Forward-looking and Modern.

So it would seem based upon this initial research of conservative synonyms and liberal antonyms that the sales pitch regarding neo-conservative values is just a load of hooey.

In fact this scientific data would support the hypothesis that neo-conservative values are more in line with tyrant dictators, than that of true American Patriots. It also validates my theory that neo-conservatives are not just morons, but the term itself is a oxy-moron

If you disagree with this data, don’t blame the Bird just call Bill Gates at (425) 882-8080.