Conservatives, what is your most liberal aspect(s)? & vice versa

[Redalgo]

I identify as a social democrat or moderate democratic socialist.

My most conservative aspects:

1. I reject class conflict and do not trust the masses to self-govern with good results.
2. I support a market-based economy and oppose the nationalization of most industries.
3. I consider the corporate tax rate in the States to be overly high and uncompetitive.
4. I reckon labour unions need limits to their power, though I would not seek to bust them.
5. I think the government should sustain balanced budgets except for in times of crisis.
6. I feel the top tier of federal government should only amend and uphold the constitution.
7. I happen to have somewhat strong reservations regarding third-trimester abortions.
8. I support bans on hard recreational drugs such as heroin, cocaine, barbiturates, ect.
9. So long as there is some regulation, I think the general population should be armed.
10. Tort reform sounds like a pretty good idea to me - as does streamlining regulations.
11. I often waver on affirmative action - seeing its effects as positive yet having doubts.
12. I like it when states set aside some money to symbolically glorify their achievements.

As far as I know, however, few of these views contradict my other stances and values.


Edit: Oh-ho! I nearly forgot a real doozy from an environmental standpoint!

13. I fancy nuclear energy quite a bit and consider it to be an ideal replacement for coal.

[Redalgo]

Protectionism seems to be in vogue amongst some of our younger liberal members, though, no?

Maybe I should clarify that I'm using "liberal" in the American sense of the word.

I think of it as a neo-mercantilist sentiment cropping up on both sides of the aisle. Some people are encouraging discrimination against goods and services provided outside of ones community, region, or country, thinking that purchasing foreign-made stuff or outsourcing jobs is in one way or another harmful to workers and/or national interests. I am reluctant to compare it to "free" or "fair" forms of trade since neither aims to rig terms of trade in favor of manipulating the market to mostly - if not overwhelmingly - benefit their own country rather than all of the nations involved.

There are a few instances where I fancy protectionism, but those stances are not meant to shelter Americans from foreign competition so much as to shelter developing countries from what may be terms of trade that threaten to harm their developmental prospects or cause humanitarian issues.