I can say as a former conservative that the author is right in that political ideologies have their own lexicon for common words. It's probably why I'm not a co

I can say as a former conservative that the author is right in that political ideologies have their own lexicon for common words. It's probably why I'm not a conservative (or in most instances not a liberal) anymore since I tend to speak plainly. Even when I was a "born again" I honestly thought that gay marriage was none of my business and the State should just recognize them since it handles the marriage licenses anyways. That got me quite a bit of flak from other conservatives, but my point was if the State manages one kind of marriage then it must have the sovereignty to manage the other kinds whether we personally like them or not. To me it wasn't about promoting life styles, it was about what is the rightful, legal authority of the State. It seems that theoretical framework was lacking from conservative ideologies (probably still is) of the time. Plus, liberals have the same sort of ideological black holes in terms of selective policy stances (anti-drug-war, but pro-gun-regs) which immediately turned me off to them after I left my conservative views behind.