Okay, I see it now. I also consider myself a classical liberal in many respects as well, but today believing in free speech strangely makes me a conservative...? It seems like the political orientation terminology these days just isn't keeping up with events on the ground.

I addressed the pendulum concepts a few times in my writings thusfar, the most succinctly I believe in my post Meritocracy is Dead where I said "The radical doublethink of privileging anybody based on their race or sex to combat racism and sexism is beyond mind-boggling. Rather than establishing a meritocratic system that requires the non-consideration of race and sex, the exact opposite has occurred. This is not a "response mechanism" to solve a problem, it is a reactionary swing of the pendulum that perpetuates and hastens the complete dissolution of social cohesion by transferring "privilege" to a new group. The very idea that the pendulum could now be swinging away from the SJW movement has resulted in its advocates engaging in preemptory defensive violence to silence words of opposition." (with associated links to provide examples, check the post if you are interested.

Thanks for taking the time to provide the clarification, I appreciate it!