“To me, Conservatism is adhering to the Constitution and its intents.”
Seems kind of a narrow take. Conservatism is a philosophical position, or a series of philosophical structures, world views, attitudes, psychologies. There’s a severe limit to what you can think about within the constraints of the US constitution. Its not going to help you figure out the good, the true, and the beautiful.
A really good start on Conservatism 101 in an American context is “The Conservative Mind”, Russell Kirk
“Seems kind of a narrow take. Conservatism is a philosophical position, or a series of philosophical structures, world views, attitudes, psychologies. There’s a severe limit to what you can think about within the constraints of the US constitution. Its not going to help you figure out the good, the true, and the beautiful.”
You can expand any topic into thousands of variables - for me, I’ll accept adherence to the Constitution and its intents...anything extra is jest lagniappe - and more likely of one adheres to the Constitution and its intents.
Those who demand everyone strikes their own personal moral “balance”, eventually becomes like the progressive liberals” in that they’ll never be satisfied until they end up demanding/forcing others to be just like them - which, no matter how moral/ethical “good”, becomes its own form of fascism.