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by Strang 2374 days ago
> seemingly illogical conservatism

I'd suggest you engage more with your fellow citizens and their ideas. Conservatives believe in their ideas just as earnestly as others and it is possible for people of good faith to disagree on fundamental issues.
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gizmo686 2374 days ago
Conservatism and conservatism are 2 very different things. One is a political movement, and one is an aversion to change.

Regardless of political ideology, large organizations tend towards conservatism.

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Strang 2374 days ago
Fair enough. I assumed from his comment that he meant mainstream political Conservatism.

Big-C Conservatism does of course include a lot of small-c conservatism.

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BLKNSLVR 2374 days ago
You are fundamentally correct, a person doesn't hold a belief or opinion for no reason. I was specifically (attempting to) refer to "seemingly illogical" conservatism, where there is established fact or science that the 'conservative opinion / action' appears to be working against (climate change, trickle-down economics, backdooring encryption, wind farms).

Specifically where the 'conservative' position doesn't just not quite line up with, but is diametrically opposed to the commonly accepted experts opinion.

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