Richard "Conservatism deserves such abuse"

That is one of the most thoughtless remarks that I have read.
Some of the best people in our locality are "socially conservative", how can you dare to demonise 50% of the population and call yourself a liberal.

The rest of your post concerning homophobia, racism etc is simply untrue, unless you consider the discussion of controversial issues, as "homophobia", "racism" etc?