To caricature, the left wants to apply the precautionary principle to the environment but has no qualms about the destruction of national history, culture, etc.

To caricature, the left wants to apply the precautionary principle to the environment but has no qualms about the destruction of national history, culture, etc. whereas the right is supposedly the opposite. Personally I'm a small c conservative, in that I oppose the destruction of the environment just as much as I oppose the ongoing push to erase individual nations.