Mindset and open mind.

Fellow Betternetworkers,

I said the other day that I gave up and I started thinking about the topic and what was said, then I have come to the conclusion that I am here for the long haul and we can share our points of view and also agree and agree to disagree in a very civil way and with points to back our or my mindset and an open mind to learn something new.

When I went to college, I attended a college in Western Michigan that has in it's title Liberal Arts college. Western Michigan is the most conservertive part of Michigan and if Liberal was or is such a bad word, why will this prestigeous college have it in it's title?

My understanding of the word is that it came from Latin and it means in short to be open minded. Any ways I look it up in the dictionary and this is what it says about it:

Main Entry: 1lib·er·al
Pronunciation: \ˈli-b(ə-)rəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin liberalis suitable for a freeman, generous, from liber free; perhaps akin to Old English lēodan to grow, Greek eleutheros free
Date: 14th century

1 a : of, relating to, or based on the liberal arts <liberal education> b archaic : of or befitting a man of free birth
2 a : marked by generosity : openhanded <a liberal giver> b : given or provided in a generous and openhanded way <a liberal meal> c : ample, full
3 obsolete : lacking moral restraint : licentious
4 : not literal or strict : loose <a liberal translation>
5 : broad-minded; especially : not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms
6 a : of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism b capitalized : of or constituting a political party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalism; especially : of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with ideals of individual especially economic freedom, greater individual participation in government, and constitutional, political, and administrative reforms designed to secure these objectives

— lib·er·al·ly \-b(ə-)rə-lē\ adverb

— lib·er·al·ness noun

synonyms liberal, generous, bountiful, munificent mean giving or given freely and unstintingly. liberal suggests openhandedness in the giver and largeness in the thing or amount given <a teacher liberal with her praise>. generous stresses warmhearted readiness to give more than size or importance of the gift <a generous offer of help>. bountiful suggests lavish, unremitting giving or providing <children spoiled by bountiful presents>. munificent suggests a scale of giving appropriate to lords or princes <a munificent foundation grant>.
 
 
I know it is a long defination, but is it not the principles that the founding Father of  The United States Of America were built on? The lables are just ditractions to my opinion.
 
Terfa