The L Word Lives Is it safe to say "liberal" again?

[Honeycombe8]

13. No. I have learned you must say "liberal....man" or "liberal...woman" To shorten a term

is unacceptable, since Republicans sometimes say that. But they don't say "liberal man" or "liberal woman."

I heard a tea partier say "liberals" on tv today, so if you use that term, that makes you a tea partier, I have learned.

(this is a comment on complaints I got when I shortened a term, making it a term that wingnuts use, supposedly)