I think that criticism of 'wishy washy liberalism' is based on the fact that it, 'liberalism', is often taken as a default position without much thinking (or indeed commitment) on many 'liberals' part...hence wishy washy. True liberals, I would argue, have an open mind to debate, thought, political philosophy, etc...many people who describe themselves as liberal don't *walks away whistling* Edited to change ss to as, Freudian or wot