WOW! What drives you to twist such a straight-forward and relatively obvious point into such obtuse metaphysical theory?
"Social conservatives have proven just as politically dangerous as social liberals"
Really? Are you saying that the systemic destruction of marriage, the wholesale slaughter of abortion, and the complete invalidation of any and all sexual inhibitions have created the same political damage as what...the Salem Witch trials?
Sewing giant red "A's on all adultresses
....stoning heretics?
My simple, unobtuse point is that w/o a moral foundation our society, regardless of economics, will founder and that creating a dichotomy w/i the conservative movement based upon boogeymen is a disservice to our shared goal of a limited republic.