[JimRed]

They regularly blurt the latter as justification for electing right-wing theocrat/closed minds, austerity minded, cultural fascists to office.”

There are none more closed minded and culturally fascist as the leftists who refuse to see the good that comes from conservative policies in action.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Lefty is about the power of Self; most conservatism is, in one sense or another, about the power of God.

The two are opposed — we are all sinners. We have to be accommodated to God to be blessed.