It's interesting how people always equate "telling the truth" with conservatism.
That has already been done some 90 years ago.
We live in the 21st century now.
There is no conflict between the two.
It never fails that anyone who supports fascism or opposes civil liberties will always invoke some variation of "common sense".
There is still no conflict between the two.
Fascism has always been racist, nationalistic, authoritarian.. look at Hitler, Mussolini, Franco.. Hitler revoked the gun laws in Germany. He knew how to appeal to the populist mob.