We think with terms. We think with names. The kid had to fight to establish his manhood. Conservatives seek to conserve. As Tom Anderson observed they feed the allegator hoping it eats them last.
Conservatives are staid and reasonable.
They hold on. They conserve the Federal Department of Education. They conserve the Federal Reserve, Social Security, the I.R.S. and the Two Party System. That is a strategy which invites failure. The men at the Alamo weren t conservatives.