Yes, conservatism and the difference between evil and good are simple, straight forward concepts. Liberals are always looking to find the elusive golden thread that links the universe together. Conservatives do what is right for America; Liberals do what they perceive to be right for the world. Too bad it's programmed in their genes.
I'd suggest there's a significant element of "Emperor's New Clothes". A person who reads something that is supposedly brilliant but is totally incomprehensible may be loath to admit that he can't understand it for fear of it reflecting poorly on his own judgment. Hucksters who know how to exploit that fear can write gibberish and get hailed as geniuses. Indeed, the more nonsensical the gibberish, the greater would be the required intellect of anyone who could understand it, and thus, by inference, the greater the intellect of the person who wrote it.