And because conservatives ARE big on individuality and autonomy, that's precisely the reason conservatives have so much trouble electing conservatives...we're having trouble coalescing around viable candidates. My conservative is your "RINO".
And instead of grouping like libs do, we vote our own consciences and/or principles. And when our guy isn't THE candidate, a lot of us just stay home.
Libs, on the other hand, HAVE to group! They yearn and long for and need to be a part of something...an organization, a bureaucracy...something.
Seeking purity and perfection in our own, isolated echo chamber is sometimes killing us.
But hey, that's who we are.
Purity and perfection are ideals, but I have no problem with flexibility when it means that the LIBTARDS are shut out. IMO, shutting out libtards is who we are. Progress, not perfection, is a reasonable goal.