Just looked, and read the comment discussion between you and him. Apparently "liberal" isn't the only word he needs to look up, if he thinks that was a flame war.

Dean (the King):
"Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy"

Rosemary (the Queen Of All Evil):
"If conservatism is evil, then she's the queen!"

I don't think the two are opposites at all, but, rather, complement each other. I consider myself to be both liberal (defending individual freedom of thought, expression, and association) and conservative (conserving ancient and eternal values). Above all, I'm an individualist.

Yeah, me too.

Classical liberalism married to common sense is all it comes to, if you ask me.