Maybe being conservative just isn't that smart to begin with?
You saw the word "conservative" and BOOM it's right into the Us vs. Them, Me vs. You, Good vs. Evil. I just don't see how that is healthy, at all, for anyone or anything including the country. It's childish. Social media and karma/upvotes/likes/karma/fake-internet-points, whatever you want to call it, has devolved us into kids on the schoolyard.
United we stand, divided we fall. grow up
Votes for women, emancipation of slaves, equal rights for women, for blacks, for gays, for the transgendered, worker protections, abolition of child labour, mandatory paid leave, maternity leave, environmental protections etc.
The list could go on, and in each and every instance we have had conservatives and traditionalists fighting them tooth and nail, and losing the battle every single time.
While the comment the person you replied to is short and lacking in substance, I do think there is truth to it.
What's that old Buddhist maxim?
Change is the only constant in life or You cannot change the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
Change is a certainty, but conservatives and traditionalists have made it their life's work to resist it.