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You have to look at it from a boomer point of view. (While not all conservatives are literally boomers, the utterly overwhelming majority do tend to think like boomers and at least somewhat follow boomer cultural standards.)

In their day / community, these were seen as perfectly valid opinions. They cant get their head around that no, these things are no longer seen that way and for good reason. The absolute biggest key thing to understand about boomer / conservative mentality is that their first rule is the first thing I learn is true; including if that is that no one really knows the answer to something (thus making every statement on that subject an opinion). Its not impossible for them to override it, but its uncommon.