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Why do conservatives hold back?

16 June 2020

11:35 AM

16 June 2020

11:35 AM

Why do conservatives hold back? Why do they feel they are constrained from activism or speaking out? The left certainly appears to have no problem with constraining either their actions or their language.

Possibly it is in the conservative nature. To a large extent our institutions — marriage, faith, parliamentary democracy — and our collective past, help define who conservatives are and what we believe.

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