| You are misinformed in at least one respect: Pat Buchanan is often considered a rightist, and I believe he ran for President under the Republican ticket.
In reality, left and right both have a shifting set of core beliefs and a wide diversity of opinion. Both religious conservatives and libertarians generally vote Republican, and yet their viewpoints could hardly be any different.
I think you're seeing the diversity of the group you're in, while ignoring the diversity of the group you're not in. I suspect this is because you don't get to know us. Perhaps "know your enemy" is the best advice I could give people on both sides.
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