It's said that "they" have to inform us of their plans before they do them- hence predictive programming. Your Dad was right- I was a Democrat and a liberal at one point. However, back then a liberal was someone with an open mind, willing to listen to both sides of an argument.

When I got to college in the early 90's I found that the "liberals" had changed and I, along with my views were no longer wanted. Now we're running helter skelter into Socialism and opposing views are punished.