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		daseiner1 on Oct 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Columbia Silences Its Marching Band Conservative as in resistant to change, traditional. Not Conservative as in politics. You’d expect a conservative group to be entrenched.

chrisseaton on Oct 5, 2019 [–]

> Conservative as in resistant to change

...but this article is about them making a change to their marching band rather than leaving it be as it has been for years?

raldi on Oct 5, 2019 | [–]

Changing something to make it more traditional is a conservative action.

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