This is the part I don't get. My parents were never 'liberal' (neither am I for that matter), but one of the big lessons my very coservative, very Catholic mother impressed on me froma very early age was to be polite, courteous, and reapectful. So, for example, when my daughter scolded me for using the word 'Oriental', I didn't say that everybody used that word as a non-offensive descriptor when I was growing up. Nor did I explain that Asian ever took offense at the term when I used it, or that some of my best buds are Asians, etc.

Instead, I did what my mama taught me to do: I apologized, said I was a clueless idiot (no surprise to my daughter, I'm sure), promised to stop using that word as a referrant, and thanked her for the heads-up.

IOW, I behaved in a very culturally conservative way. What I'm taking a great many words to say is that these people seem to be Galtian Slan types as opposed to true reactionaries. The worst of both worlds.