@carnage4life I think that for many conservatives it's because they have a static idea of the "just right" amount of progressivism: that e.g. the civil-rights movement of the 1950s-60s was good, but at some point all the real problems were fixed and to go further is just going too far.

So it's OK for 1960s Star Trek to make episodes attacking racism, but for modern Star Trek to make episodes attacking transphobia is bad "woke".

I think that among conservatives this is a common feeling, and the point they identify as "just right" is invariably either in their own childhoods or a point just prior to their birth.

@mattmcirvin @carnage4life The studies I've (casually) seen actually say the opposite: most people get more liberal as they age, but they don't keep pace with society as a whole.

They may seem more conservative in relation to everyone else, but they are more liberal compared to their younger self. It's just a popular thing to say.