If you have to split conservatism to suit your taste, then you aren't one.
I'm doing an analysis of the components of what makes up 'conservative' thought.
I'm working with the hypothesis that you can split peoples ideas up into 'social' ideas (things a person believes about society) and their 'political' ideas (things a person believes about govt).
Sometimes, it appears, they overlap.
But not always. One person may believe homosexuality is a sin, and it should be illegal. Another may believe that it's a sin, but govt has no place outlawing it.
I'm looking for a way to analyze this, that's all.
P.S. -- we have *got* to stop telling other conservatives they aren't a C. That's not going to help.