Xenophobia
via Merriam-Webster : fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign. Fear. I believe that's the big difference between those that identify as conservative versus those that identify as liberal. Sure, they dress it all up in ideologies about less government and Christian values, but at the base of it is fear. Why do they need guns? To protect themselves from some nebulous threat. Why are they against gay marriage? Because the gays are going to get them. Why are they against letting refugees in? Because they are afraid. Foreigners are different. Weird. They speak different languages. They look different. They eat gross stuff. They have bizarre habits. And if we let them in to our communities, they're going to take away the familiar things that give us comfort. They don't learn English, so we can't understand them. And that group over there? They're talking about me. I know it! They claim their fear is reasonable....