I usually make a distinction between liberal and leftist. The leftist claims to be a liberal, yet is in reality a raging totalitarian. A recent example very local to where I am is a city councilwoman who screamed obscenities at little girls simply due to her objections to their Trump T-shirts (Kellye Burke of West University Place, TX). The leftists want us dead. The liberals are getting to be few and far between. Most are dying off. Hubert Humphrey, a supporter of the Second Amendment for it’s intended reason, the guarantee against an arbitrary state and a safeguard against tyranny (his words). Henry Jackson. Recently Zell Miller. Gone.
The left is focused on only one thing, absolute power. There can be no common ground, even on local issues. If a conservative is for something, they must automatically be against it. It’s a knee jerk reaction, indicating a lack of critical thinking skills.
Just remember, Billy the Bomber Ayers, Barry Dunham’s political mentor, advocated killing 25 million people just because they would not go along with his “revolution” resulting in a totalitarian state.
The conservative and the left can not coexist.