We have just as many knee-jerk conservatives as the left has knee-jerk liberals. Their positions are determined automatically without any need to see a particular issue up close or hands on, in the same way you'll find so many here who are automatically opposed to ANY lawsuit, etc. They form a set of principles that they consider the embodiment of conservativism, and they don't need to deal with reality. Their opinions are on AutoCruise, determined before an issue ever arises. There are of course plenty of absolutes in life, issues of truth, good and evil, things like that. That's not what we're talking about here, though. This is a business/societal/community issue that is very complex, not something that can be intelligently evaluated by simply taking a "conservative" position and closing your eyes.
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