Well, conservativeness of a same person can be very different in different areas. For example, many friends I know are relatively conservative in traditional values. However, they're very up front in terms of interest in new technologies, government structure reform, etc. Are they conservative? Traditional value, yes, but definitely not for other stuff. You won't use "liberal" to describe other stuff also. In politics, the difference between so called liberal and conservatives are probably mostly in "value" and not in other stuff.
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Well, conservativeness of a same person can be very different in different areas. For example, many friends I know are relatively conservative in traditional values. However, they're very up front in terms of interest in new technologies, government structure reform, etc. Are they conservative? Traditional value, yes, but definitely not for other stuff. You won't use "liberal" to describe other stuff also. In politics, the difference between so called liberal and conservatives are probably mostly in "value" and not in other stuff.