Depends when and in which country you're talking about. In America at current they are an odd party that don't seem to stand for much, in the past they have been more left wing. In other countries I am not really sure as liberal isn't a well defined term like neoliberal or libertarian is. You could take it to mean socially liberal in which case it could be a left or right wing position much like a libertarian could be.

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ask literally any person outside the US and liberal means centre-right

[–] abraxas@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Sure, but you see a lot of MLs using the word "liberal" like Amish use the word "English". I got called a filthy liberal (or similar) at least 5 times in a recent discussion on lemmy.ml because I didn't support their treating Biden as worse than Trump.

It seems a good number of MLs will use the word "liberal" to mean both versions when it suits them. At least in America.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I don't live in and have never been to the US.