Pros and Cons

Progressives should express the virtues of conservatives and conservatives should express the virtues of liberalism. It would be a constructive exercise for us to engage in, don't ya think?

I'll start...

Liberals spoke about unity in diversity....or was that just a cult thing?...anyhow, I was thinking that diversity is a strength in ecology, so it goes to follow that conservatives' serve as agents for divergent evolution. Conservatives tend toward closed in-group affiliations in both genetic and cultural contexts that result in "specialization" or differentiation from other groups. This is an important feature in nature resulting in greater local homogeneity and greater global diversity.

Seen in this light, prejudice and close-mindedness has a beneficial effect.

Aw come on you wussie liberals. You're always the ones saying we need to be accepting...if we listen to you, we'll all be a McWorld in short time.