Social liberalization means giving people more freedom—not whatever the left happens to want. A necessary clarification.
Every prior generation of social conservatives was wrong about the dangers of social liberalization. Why assume today's are different?
We cannot make permanent what is inevitably impermanent, and insisting otherwise brings distress. Better to embrace dynamism and social diversity.
The moral panic about drag shows says more about what conservatives find to be sexual than it does about what's appropriate for kids.
Moral panic about drag queens and gender fluidity isn't principled ethics. It's ideology constructed on personal hang-ups.
Conservative philosophy is mostly personal distaste for novelty dressed up in elaborate intellectual costume.
A response to A lament for conservatism by Sean Speer
A podcast conversation with Stephanie Slade