Also, there are conservatives who worry about media coverage, for reasons that are very similar to those of the establishment liberals. This is easy to understand. They know that laypeople have been known to read newspapers and then react. Media coverage causes heat. This causes debate.
Debate causes pain.
The larger the debate, the more pain. Many establishment conservatives fear that the pain of open debate will hurt the church. They may be right. In some cases, they may also fear the consequences of taking a public stand in defense of their beliefs. Of course, the same is true of some members of the establishment left.