Small ‘c’ conservatism is an emotional response that we can all experience under stress. It’s a mindset that values security, stability, closure, rejects risk and tends to gather family closer while pushing others away.

The Tea Party is trying to validate their insecurity by looking back to an imaginary time where personal security was assured. It was a time before progressives ruined it with equal rights, psychology, empathy and the ‘entitlement’ culture.