Why Liberals despise Conservatism

Conservatism is a political philosophy that stands for low taxes, a small central government, personal responsibility, strong military and takes a pro-life stance on abortion. Conservatism has been around for a while but was made popular by President Ronald Reagan in the 80's. Today it seems that Conservatism is being treated like the plague by those on the Left. They don't like its stance on any of the issues that Conservatism was built on. The Left today sees no reason why people should take responsibilities for their bad decisions and the role of government should be to take care of the people in a way that is at best borderline Socialism, and at worst full blown Socialism. From the Left's view of "sharing the wealth" to "socialized health care" they feel that in a country as exceptional as ours that no one should have to be on the short end of the stick. However, what the Left doesn't take into account is the fact that in America everyone truly has the right to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness". Now, there have been times in our brief history as a nation that we have not been willing to give all of the citizens of this country a fair chance, but I do not think you can say that applies anymore. That is not to say that racism nor sexism does not exist in our country today, but as we look around and see a black man as the Democratic parties nominee for president and a woman on the Republican ticket we have come along way in a short time.
In other words Democrats hate Conservatism because it is for everything they are against. Conservatism goes against their secular humanistic world-view. Conservatism promotes capitalism, a free market economy, and personal accountability for all your choices. If someone chooses to not take advantage of all the free opportunities given to people today, then why must the rest of us bail them out? This is not the role of government! If anyone should be helping out those in need it should be the church or the local community those in need live in, but never should it be the national government. The Left's understanding of the role of government comes from a skewed view of the Bill of Rights and what people are entitled to. Yes it would be nice if everyone in America had health care, but this is never something the government should make the rest of America pay for. It would be nice if there was no lower class or homeless people in our country, but because people have fallen on hard times it doesn't mean that our government should hand them money.
The American Experiment, as our Forefathers described it, was established so that people could live in a country free of religious, economic, and governmental tyranny. By putting more control in the hands of the government on all these issues we have lost our identity and integrity as a Republic. The only answer in getting it back is to give more power to the people. The only way that can be done is by making government smaller, giving people back more of their own money, and making them responsible for all of the choices. Conservatism believes this and so do I. This is why the Left despises it and why they try to distort it and tear it down any chance they get. Sure, Conservatism has been given a bad name by some lately for their lack of sticking to Conservative principles and ideas, but this doesn't mean that Conservatism has failed. What is needed is a return to these principles that so many in this country truly desire no matter what any media member or politician has to say.