I think as LGF has shifted back to the middle left from the anti-jihadist furvor of the past there has been a tendency to villify the right as a monolithic plot against freedom, science and sense.
Some of the nasty stuff said about the left is now being paid back in full. I empathise with Cliffster and others who push back against that kind of broad brush approach.
(See I really am the magical balance fairy - I bet some posters would slap me given half a chance!)