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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 week ago (2 children)

pointing out the hypocrisy means nothing to these people. their entire philosophy is about making it legally not a hypocrisy. they want laws that protect them and don't limit them while they have an other that the laws don't protect but do limit.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

It does help prevent more people from falling under their spell. It just needs to be done on every issue.