Liberalism is a rather special ideology in the sense that it's the only one that's most misunderstood by the people who consider themselves liberals.
Especially people who describe themselves as "classical liberals" have on average zero idea what classical liberalism was.
I would highly recommend PhilosophyTubes videos on liberalism before taking part in discussions on the topic.
Even though the guy is a flaming radical leftie, and makes some quite provocative statements, the videos on themselves are really useful. (And please watch them all the way before commenting.)
For this discussion, the first video I think is an excellent primer.
"A political ideology identifies who are the acceptable targets of violence."
I would also recommend watching #2, the historical connection of
Liberalism and Capitalism.
Further notes:
Quite often when people in the US say "conservative" these days, it's more likely they actually mean "
neoliberal".