In America the Left and Right share a political language and political ideals, but use the words and envision the ideals radically differently.
I call myself a Liberal, and mean it sincerely, in that I oppose equally monarchy and theocracy on the one side, and Authoritarianism using religious rhetoric disguised in secular scientific garb on the other.
There is no city on the hill worth a pile of spit or shit that was not built by free men and women because they chose to, and which they built to last.