One form of liberty

From Cato Unbound:

Traditionally, liberty has meant the absence of coercion. ...

“positive liberty” is not enlightened semantics. It is useful, really, toward one end alone (an end I deem unenlightened): Diluting and confusing the classical-liberal meaning of liberty. “Positive liberty” is effective as a subversion of the focalness and general comprehension of the idea of classical-liberal liberty.

Positive Liberty is rather like Relative Poverty, trying to argue for one thing by trying to get it confused with something else. If you want state gifted rights, then argue for them, just not under the name of liberty. If you think that inequality is a bad thing then say so, just don't confuse it with poverty which does not exist in this country but kills millions in poorer countries where it actually does.