Do what? When did it become "absolutist" or "purist" for conservatives to oppose government subsidisation of preferred industries, especially when those subsidies are being given out ostensibly to help "combat" a non-existent "problem"?
I thought that was pretty much just baseline, mainstream, bargain basement conservatism. When did it suddenly become "absolutist" to simply be "conservative"?
When you propose that I have sunk to the depths of degradation, that’s when. If you want to have a civil discussion mind your manners.