The NYT is just weird

 As I've commented previously, the word "liberal" has evolved into an epithet used by the GOP and their water-carriers in the right-wing press to denote anything they disagree with. It is often used interchangeably with "Marxist," "socialist" and "communist." Why do they do this?

I believe it's because actual, you know, right-wing policies are unpopular in America, so they have to smear policies that are popular with liberals *and* conservatives to distract and divide voters.

Here's the nut graf from a paywalled Boston Globe article quoting the right-wing New York Times about Tim Walz:

"As The New York Times reported, he has “worked with his state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature to enact an ambitious agenda of liberal policies.” That includes free college tuition for low-income students, free meals for schoolchildren, legal recreational marijuana, and protections for transgender people. He is also considered a leader when it comes to tackling climate change and signed a bill that guaranteed a “fundamental right to make autonomous decisions” about abortion, contraception, and fertility treatments."

These are not only "liberal policies," my friends, these are bedrock conservative policies, too. All sensible Americans want to see their kids have the best possible chance of success. All sensible Americans understand that decriminalizing marijuana is as sensible as decriminalizing alcohol. All sensible Americans want the nanny state out of their personal lives. All sensible Americans want the government to do more to combat climate change. It is a testament to how right-wing the NYT (and other MSM) has become that it brands these as "liberal policies." They are only opposed by the extreme right. And the modern GOP. But I repeat myself.