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Conservativism - "Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology, which seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values." - Wikipedia
There is nothing wrong with wanting to preserve some traditions, institutions or values. The issue many have with it is when the things wanted to be preserved are racist or harmful to many people, etc. There are some things we need to move past, like slavery, and then there are some people that will loudly proclaim themselves conservative and say we should go back to slavery.
And yes, a lot of that does seem to be the USA's/Canada's current conservative parties.
But wanting to "keep things as they are/were" isn't a horrible thing in and of itself, but it's often the specific things that they want to go back to.
It's only ever those specific things, because if society actually LIKED or WANTED those things anymore they'd be doing them and it wouldn't need to be "conserved".
Oh, you want to keep your traditional folk dance or scarf or goat-herding technique? Great! Those damned melting pot liberals love that stuff. They eat it up. They want more cultures to explore. What they don't want is to be told they're going to hell for who they love, or that child labor is good or any of the other insane things "conservatives" want to conserve.