posted by like_thatYou're a liberal man. You voted Obama twice and still will defend him to your grave. Overall it's impossible to call yourself conservative. This site might be a small sample size, but overall most of us seem to be pretty moderate left or moderate right. There are a few left/right outliers on this site (some don't post anymore), but nobody here is looking at your posts and saying "yeah that dude is definitely a conservative." This isn't an attack on you though. I think you are a reasonably moderate liberal. Very hard to find these days. I know they are out there, but they are pretty silent.
Say what you want about conservatives, but I do appreciate how conservatives have dissent within conservatism. Liberals these days don't have much room for dissent. It's either get in line or gtfo.
I am liberal to you....but again, to most people I am in the middle. I'd agree I'm not a conservative in the modern sense.
I did vote for Governor Larry Hogan twice and in the House races in MD, for the Republican twice. But, they are/ were moderates and the Ds were waaaay too liberal.
I'd agree moderates are a dying breed. The days of being the pragmatist are gone, which I think the main reason we are so divided as a country.
Are you sure about your last point? Mitt Romney would disagree.....
I think both areas have big disagreements within their ranks. Never Trumpers v. Trumpers for example.