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Max™ on Nostr: that fits with Wilhoit's Law: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to ...

that fits with Wilhoit's Law: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288

Essentially they want the law to be a parent which protects only them with no responsibility to follow it, much like a spoiled child.