I don't feel concerned, liberal is not a french concept. there isn't a clivage between conservative and liberals here. it's an american political concept. having said, and from my continental european point of view, I see U.S. concervatives as people who resigned to think things through to security.
I don't blame them, the world is made to appear threatening and, like the cosy feeling we seek when we get inside a warm house in a very chilly winter, I see U.S. conservatives cherishing the warmth of a simplified world as opposed to a complex one where we need to reevaluate everydays our assumptions.
luckily, they are looking for this gentle warmth in the middle of the cold winter, looking for a cosy feeling, so they are aware of the limit when too much heat is not comfy anymore. the heat and warmth are respectively equivalent to self-interest and simplifications.
they may have personal reasons to prefer simplifications over permanent re-evaluation of their views.
I like to live dangerously, so I am interested in a philosophy that will bring new perceptions to me
that comes from the fact that when I studied political science, I realised how screwed is the governing elite. if they want to stop the hunger, they can, it is not just words. it is possible. but they are not looking for that. liberal and consservatives for that matter.
so if I still identify with a "liberal" approach, although as I said this concept has no equivalent in europe, it is only US, so I can hardly identify as liberal, especially being a marxist, well, as I said, I prefer to live (philosophically) dangerously and challenge my assumptions, something a conservative, by definition, never do.
and yes, before any conservative here asks me, I also challenge my marxist views. consider my considerate analysis of the motivation of conservatists above, the cozy warmth of a house in the middle of a cold winter, and try to feel the same for my marxist approach. that is what I call re-evaluting my assumptions, and that is why I think conservatives prefer to avoid it and live in simplifications