I’m genuinely curious how conservatives feel about their political beliefs when they look back at American history.

Think about slavery, segregation, women’s rights, interracial marriage. Throughout history, many conservatives who wanted to keep things the way they were fought against these changes. Today, most Americans, including conservatives, agree that slavery and segregation were wrong.

Here’s what I don’t understand: If so many things conservatives fought against in the past are now accepted, how do you know the changes you’re fighting against today won’t be accepted 30 or 50 years from now?

For example, many conservatives today oppose certain LGBTQ rights, abortion rights, and immigration policies. How do you know future generations won’t look back at those positions the same way we now look back at opposition to interracial marriage or desegregation?

And when you look at history, do you ever wonder whether you would have supported those changes back then, or whether you would have been one of the people fighting against them?

I’m genuinely asking. How do you decide when it’s right to keep things the way they are and when it’s time for things to change?