Cyclists are liberals?! (Retry)

[Skierchickie]

Hmmm - not actually information I share. Okay - I don't share information about who I'm voting for (although it becomes obvious sometimes), and I have no party affiliation. I don't vote in the primary because I refuse to choose a side and label myself one party or the other. I try to stay in the middle ground, but I've been finding myself leaning farther and farther left over the past few years. Am I a liberal? I'm sure there are people who would say that I am (my boss and most of my coworkers).

Question: why do people use the word "liberal" as a derogatory term? That really gets under my skin. Must mean I am one?

Okay, I just marked "neither", at least in the hope that I can be objective and make decisions / form my views on a case by case basis. But I probably could have marked the "L" word and not been a liar.