The gordian knot of tradition can be pretty easily cut several ways, one of which is simply pointing out that any tradition at some point was novel- simply doing things because "that's how it's always been done" is insufficient. Trads love to invoke Chesterton's fence but forget that it's predicated on not knowing why the fence is there. If you know why the fence was built and can articulate why it's no longer necessary, or never was to begin with, then there really isn't a good reason to keep it up.