They did, and decided to blame it all on those "darn liberal city slickers with their fancy book learning".
Source: Right now they're literally blaming books for their problems, and are banning and burning them.
Conservatives all blame someone or something else for their problems, and even dismiss them exisiting until it happens to themselves or someone close to them.
Abortions are the devils work and anyone who aborts should rot in hell and misery. Except for my little Angel that made a honest to god mistake that shouldn't ruin the rest of her life.