It's the hipster passive-aggressive rebuke: go around in public places using an old-ass typewriter, get offended at people that point out you are weird.
Conservative means supporting the status quo.
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing all the time.
When you start assuming that anyone who behaves differently is just doing it for attention, then yeah, that's a bad thing.
Of course. I never said anything close to that.
"Conservative" is more than just a synonym for the Republican Party.