oh good.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t know what a conservative is.
Hopefully a "true conservative" will show up here and explain it to us. One place to look is Russell Kirk's Ten Conservative Principles, which one might think is sort of gospel on the subject. The problem is that Kirk holds that conservatism must be prudent, pragmatic and open to reasonable change. He is anti-doctrine which offends those who wish to preach doctrine as opposed to take reasonable and well considered measures to address real issues.