And even if he did describe himself as such, the idea that all 'conservatives' are free-market absolutists is strange. The sort of free-market-first small-government-at-all-costs ideology has only in the past few decades become a fixture of US right-wing movements.

Is that true ? I thought he describes himself as a conservative in the lawsuit. Anyway, my comment was a bit "tongue-in-cheek"

In the memo and court filings he is describing himself as a classical liberal. So, a conservative.

Damore’s lawsuit describes his memo as a defense of conservative ideology, so unless he was just playing Devil's Advocate with the whole thing...

He sometimes describes himself as libertarian. But he's no radical.