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Conservatives, from the very beginning, were more interested in conserving their own power, while realizing hiding behind the “conserving our traditions” mask will win them a lot, besides using the “my enemy’s hypocrisy is a fatal flaw of their character and ideology, my hypocrisy is human nature” tactic ad nauseum.
A lot of people, including the best of the conservative politicians, take the whole “conserving our traditions” façade very seriously.