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Which is basically Wilhoit's Law, an attempt to define conservatism. edit: For those who don't want to look it up, Wilhoit's law is usually stated like this: "
by stvltvs 14d ago
Which is basically Wilhoit's Law, an attempt to define conservatism.
edit: For those who don't want to look it up, Wilhoit's law is usually stated like this: "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."
- psunavy03 14d agoLife's so much easier when you can just caricature the people you disagree with, innit?
- stvltvs 14d agoFWIW I don't agree with Wilhoit, just explaining where the idea came from.
- FLeXMurphy 14d agoTo back up stvltvs, the OP did more or less just use the one-liner as a zinger. "Protects but doesn't bind X, binds but doesn't protect Y" is the caricature, really. I'm sure you can find more floating examples on HN of it because it is a very lazy, midwit flex that signals the in-group the person spends too much time on the internet.