But you go ahead and spend time crafting a lucid, witty response. I won't read it. You have me confused with someone who cares what you think.
And, just because you own a gun does not make you conservative. It just means another liberal has been armed.
There are all kinds of “conservatives”. Its a very broad catch-all that includes a vast zoo of philosophies. Its pretty hard to limit whats in the tent because of that. At various times people have described conservatism as not an ideology, but a rejection of ideologies.
I urge everyone interested in actual conservative ideas to pick up a copy of Russel Kirk’s “The Conservative Mind”.