Case in point: My first boss was an Amherst grad from patrician Virginia. He mocked my conservatism and preference for Goldwater (it was 1963). When he took his vacation that summer, he went to Mississippi and served as a Freedom Rider -- an action that I admired.
However, upon his return, he came to the office flustered. Well, angered, actually. He told me that his landlord had allowed "a dirty n-word" to rent the apartment next to his. And he moved out, forthwith.
My admiration declined. And I gained some insight into the liberal mind...
I used to talk politics as part of my job, and liberals are remarkably open about their beliefs in a business situation. Quite a few have told me that blacks will never be ready to compete without affirmative action because (in their racist view) those people just don't have the intellectual capacity to succeed on their own. When I contrast that with the conservatives I've worked with, few of whom think skin color matters at all, I'm disappointed in how poorly the GOP has marketed its values - and disgusted at how well the Democrats have marketed a culture of dependency.