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[–] clonedhuman@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This has come to be known as 'Wilhoit's Law,' based on an online comment from a music composer:

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …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

[–] dota__2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

yep, that's the quote i was poorly paraphrasing.