> Understanding proposed changes to a current working environment I consider a conservative value. > Curiosity about long term costs and effects of decisions I

> Understanding proposed changes to a current working environment I consider a conservative value. > Curiosity about long term costs and effects of decisions I consider a conservative value. > Conservation of resources I consider conservative values Those sound like good things to me. They also don't sound like anything a republican politician has advocated for during my life time. If you want to split the hair of republican vs conservative you are, of course, free to do so, but I doubt a whole lot of other people will really understand what you mean. I think there's a lot to be said for asking why something should be changed and what will happen when you do, chesteron's fence style, but it's all too easy for that attitude to mask a position that's not actually willing to change. Gay marriage is a pretty easy example. You certainly can, and probably should, ask why change it, but the vast, vast, vast majority of the people actually asking that type of question have no actual intention, or perhaps even ability, to change their opinion based on the answer they receive.