This is liberalism and unfortunately sometimes it may be necessary to fight for it. It should never be wishy-washy!
[i]Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. Liberalism has its roots in the Western Enlightenment, but the term now encompasses a diversity of political thought.
Absolutely. And yet somehow the term has been hi-jacked by the political right as being a pejorative. Go figure, as they say...