My Republican family taught me that a large part of being conservative was being very cautious. Many days I walked home from school on a sunny afternoon with the umbrella, my mom made me take because it was cloudy in the A.M.
There was no hesitation about getting the polio vaccine or ignoring/challenging the advice of reputable scientists/engineers.
A very different party still uses the name but is not what I would call conservative. Goldwater/Nixon and the Southern strategy left progressive Republicans behind and welcomed the former Democrats/Dixiecrats who left that party when the Civil Rights and Voting Rights became law.
My Republican family taught me that a large part of being conservative was being very cautious. Many days I walked home from school on a sunny afternoon with the umbrella, my mom made me take because it was cloudy in the A.M.
There was no hesitation about getting the polio vaccine or ignoring/challenging the advice of reputable scientists/engineers.
A very different party still uses the name but is not what I would call conservative. Goldwater/Nixon and the Southern strategy left progressive Republicans behind and welcomed the former Democrats/Dixiecrats who left that party when the Civil Rights and Voting Rights became law.