Why do Americans seem to dislike liberals? Did we forget how much liberals contributed to American society?

[Earl Hickey]

Liberalism is hated because it's perceived as being weak. Liberalism is constantly yielding to the whims and demands of the far right-wing. This is due to the fact that liberalism is a capitalist entity which, in the final analysis, means the betrayal of the working class to the right-wing. History has proven that liberalism will open the doors wide and welcome in the fascists rather than sit back and watch the working class take state power and overthrow the capitalist system.

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"The petty bourgeoisie is quite capable of linking its fate with that of the proletariat. For that, only one thing is needed: the petty bourgeoisie must acquire faith in the ability of the proletariat to lead society onto a new road. The proletariat can inspire this faith only by its strength, by the firmness of its actions, by a skilful offensive against the enemy, by the success of its revolutionary policy... But if the revolutionary party, in spite of a class struggle becoming incessantly more accentuated, proves time and again to be incapable of uniting the working class behind it. If it vacillates, becomes confused, contradicts itself, then the petty bourgeoisie loses patience and begins to look upon the revolutionary workers as those responsible for its own misery.” -- Trotsky