They are afraid, and also afraid to face their fears

Translation: Darn those conservatives for being able to think through the carefully packaged propaganda of the Left's political narratives using verifiable facts coupled with actual logic!

Translation: I am scared of anything new and unfamiliar.

I bet the first liberal discovering a scorpion and trying to pet it . . . thought that his or her way was the right way . . . temporarily.

Liberal and leftist are two different things