Men's Group

...I would tend to agree (I am in the group you mention, agewise) insofar as the idea that we are a bit averse to group identification. However, I would say that this stems, not from some individualist streak, per se, as group identification and belonging at least in our earlier years was pathologically important. I still see people identifying with groups of my own age and younger, so long as they feel comfortable doing so. For some reason, 'liberal' does not fit in that comfort zone, so there tends to be a lot of deflection in the political arena... "I wouldn't go so far as to call myself 'liberal', but I think that the income inequality in the U.S. is a source of a lot of the problems we seem to have..." or something.

Interesting that you should say you kind of DO look like a duck dynasty extra. I look like that 'other' type of conservative. You know, clean-shaven, well-groomed, hair all in place, conservatively dressed. I can't count the number of times I've had to fend off someone who engaged me in discussing the right-wing-talking-point-du-jour by casually explaining that conservatism, as expressed by modern adherents, is an exercise in enormous stupidity and that if they believed me to be a receptive audience that it goes to the strength of the adage of never judging a book by its cover. I get this from liberals too, who assume I am a member of the Ayn Rand fan club and have a favorable view of tax sheltering for the 1%.