i agree to what you are saying iZen. but surely life is more complex than that. how can you make a black or white blanket statement about who or what is conservative and what is liberal? it is a multidimensional world we have here, but words are just single dimensional. what do you call a person who is fine with gay marriage but is against abortion? you think the neocons are conservative? i don't think so. see, what you are trying to define is at best a moving target, at worst just a mirage. that's why i'm opposed to words. in any case, i do think "absolutism" and "blind-faith" are not an exclusive conservative domain - they are very much part of some so-called liberals' portfolio.