Ever notice the similarities between liberals and muslim extremists? I mean they really bear quite a resemblance to one another if you think about it.
One of the big similarites is they are followers. They identify an “adult guru” and follow everything they say.
Conservatives tend to think for themselves and value personal freedom and responsibility. They may listen to your advice or suggestion, and then choose to take or reject it. Leftists and Muslims find that “glorious leader” and will follow them off a cliff.
When I was in prison ministry I saw a lot of black men that were becoming muslim. Thing about islam is that it teaches that if you do exactly what they say, then any problems you have are the responsibility and “fault” of someone else, be it the great satan (the US) Israel, or your infidel neighbor. And these (mostly fatherless) men need that kind of tight control on their lifestyle so they embrace it.
Leftists are like the little cars on the track at a carnival that follow a rail around a course and the steering wheel is connected to nothing. You make no decisions. You are not in control. You are on a pre-determined path and tightly so.
Conservatives are more like the cars at Autopia (Disneyland) where there is a rail in the middle, but you have a couple of feet of width to play with. You are actually in control but you are prevented from going off the road.
And truly free men are like the cars on the public roads. You are even free to kill yourself and others. But you don’t. :)
I wonder how many conservatives were in the David Koresh compound.