What did Washington believe liberalism as? And how does that compare to today's definition or definitions? (as the title of the thread indirectly provides one as "filthy") If there are so many definitions and you cannot provide one, then Washington's statement is moot for the purposes of the point you are making.
Because if you can't compare or link liberalism as its defined today with how liberalism was defined by Washington then.........
I used filthy because "lib" today is only used as a negative term and it's completely defined by the right.
everything is a negative
According to the right Libs are weak on defense, want big goverment, want the government to control your lifelife etc...
none of that is actualy true or provable but that's the type of thing that's associated with Liberal
then again Conservatives tell us they are fiscally conservative, for smaller government and want to stay out of your personal life.
None of that is true either and in fact most of it is the complete opposite of the truth
I can't really give you a good definition of what a liberal or conservative are today
I do think Washington was very liberal in his time and would probably still be considered liberal today by our negative definition of the word. (If anyone actually bothers to read this far before responding I will give examples)