The values exemplified by Eastman are far from conservative. By definition the word "conservative" means a person who wishes to maintain the values we cherish. Only if these values include racism, misogyny, and ignorance can he qualify as conservative. If those values are not conservative then we must call him what he really is, a "reactionary" who would be more than happy to turn the societal clock back to the early 19th century, when African-Americans were still predominantly slaves, women who got pregnant through rape or incest often died from back alley abortions, and only those Americans with wealth and property were allowed to vote.