Derb, that is exactly what I thought you were saying. I enjoy the zoology of conservatism quite a bit — a bit more than you, I think — but i also reject prefix conservatism from the left and the right as usually silly. I think 98% of the commentary about “neocons” for example is unhelpful, nonsensisical, ahistorical or paranoid — or all four. The only adjectives I find more helpful than unhelpful are ones of degree. Very conservative, extremely conservative, not very conservative etc. And even these are usually misapplied by non-conservatives.