These are words that come up when you look up the bold word on the Mirriam-Webster website. I thought the results were interesting...

LIBERAL:
    
    freeman
    generous
    free
    grow
    arts
    generosity
    openhanded
    giver
    ample
    full
    "not literal or strict"
    loose ;)
    broad-minded
    "not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms"
    (also note: the definition of "liberal" as: "licentious" or "lacking moral restraint" is listed as "obsolete")

CONSERVATIVE:
    preservative
    capitalized
    "advocating support of established institutions"
    traditional
    moderation
    caution
    "traditional norms of taste, elegance, style, or manners"


Now, just for the heck of it, I'll post the definition of "independent":


INDEPENDENT:
    Pronunciation: "in-d&-'pen-d&nt
Function: adjective
1 : not dependent: as 
    a (1) : not subject to control by others : SELF-GOVERNING 
       (2) : not affiliated with a larger controlling unit <an independent bookstore> 
    b (1) : not requiring or relying on something else : not contingent <an independent conclusion>
       (2) : not looking to others for one's opinions or for guidance in conduct
       (3) : not bound by or committed to a political party 
    c (1) : not requiring or relying on others (as for care or livelihood) <independent of her parents> 
       (2) : being enough to free one from the necessity of working for a living <a person of independent means> 
    d : showing a desire for freedom <an independent manner> 
    e (1) : not determined by or capable of being deduced or derived from or expressed in terms of members (as axioms or equations) of the set under consideration; especially : having linear independence <an independent set of vectors> 
       (2) : having the property that the joint probability (as of events or samples) or the joint probability density function (as of random variables) equals the product of the probabilities or probability density functions of separate occurrence

2 capitalized : of or relating to the Independents

3 a : MAIN 5 <an independent clause>
   b : neither deducible from nor incompatible with another statement <independent postulates>

synonym see FREE

*******************

Feel free to choose the word you like best.