The problem is the confusion of political and social/ moral issues.

I have been on the extreme left politically most of my life, yet socially and morally I am a confirmed conservative...and most of the people I have met on the left fringes are the same.

The social radicals are usually soft left "liberals" who support the status quo politically, but want to re-define institutions and large swathes of society to give the appearance of meaningful change. Homosexual "marriage being a typical example.
Something which will affect only a tiny number in a group who don't want it, while the real economic inequality continues apace.

On Folk musicians, I have found most of the successful ones to be grasping penny pinchers the worst type of "right wingers" around.

Also, from a politically left wing perspective the "right" or right of centre here are much more tolerant of different ideas than most of the "liberals"

The abuse of people of faith and any one who questions their views on controversial subjects is certainly illiberal.