They also project their willingness to abide by rules and honor onto their enemies. Our enemies don't have honor, or lives to go back to. Which is why a MAGA March lasts one day while Occupy Wall Street lasted months.
These are all nice traits to have in a functional society, but conservatives are simply at a disadvantage against the nihilistic and sociopathic elements of the Left.
You are 100% correct. That is why “conservatives” hate Trump. Because he is not one of them. He is a nationalist-patriot. He’s not content to lose with dignity like McCain and Romney.
In a fight with the radical left, conservatives will ALWAYS lose. They try to rationalize with the irrational, use legalism with the lawless, and moralize with the immoral.
They treat the enemy as if it is an errant child that, with good Republican parenting, can see the way. The fact is, the radical left is the spawn of Satan and should be treated as such.