Why Tradition Matters to Social Conservatives

A statue of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates in front of the Academy of Athens in Greece. Traditionalists have a well-grounded intuition that the customs and practices they follow have been rationally and empirically demonstrated over time. Dimsfikas at Greek Wikipedia/cc-by-2.0

Commentary

It seems that the oxymoronic “Progressive” is about to be put back in “Conservative,” as so-cons are being politely but firmly invited to become ex-cons. In the current protracted debate about the direction of Canada’s federal Conservative Party, it is hardly surprising that the beau monde has concluded that social conservatism is a vestigial atavism that must be amputated if the party is to ever again achieve electoral victory.