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Conservatives, particularly religious ones, have no humility and believe that their actions are sanctioned by God himself.  This, curiously, despite that fact that religious conservatives can't seem to agree on God's laws.  Each individual Christian has absolute faith that his or her particular version of morality is the one and only correct version, bestowed upon him by divine revelation and under no circumstances open to question or revision.
That is the ultimate arrogance, and is what leads to rampant intollerance among conservatives.
Liberals, particularly atheist ones, believe that we as groups and communities create our own standards.  We reap the benefits of the laws and principles we uphold, as well as suffer the consequences of our mistakes.  We are then free to change are societies for the better through iterations of revisions of our laws and principles.  That is what has fueled ever increasing prosperity, freedom, and tolerance throughout that past 2000 years.  Virtually all of it achieved in spite of conservative attitudes that sought to retain the status quo.