Richard Rathe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Shivaekul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Shivaekul</span></a></span> </p><p>This quote from a few years ago adds <a href="https://c.im/tags/framing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>framing</span></a> that I find useful...</p><p>"<a href="https://c.im/tags/Conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatism</span></a> consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:</p><p>There must be <a href="https://c.im/tags/in_groups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>in_groups</span></a> whom the <a href="https://c.im/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> protects but does not bind, alongside <a href="https://c.im/tags/out_groups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>out_groups</span></a> whom the law binds but does not protect.</p><p>There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time."</p><p>-- <a href="https://c.im/tags/FrankWilhoit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrankWilhoit</span></a> 03/22/18 "There is No Such Thing as <a href="https://c.im/tags/Liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberalism</span></a>"</p><p>The original was an obscure blog post by Frank Wilhoit the composer, not the political writer Francis Wilhoit.</p><p><a href="https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l</span><span class="invisible">iberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288</span></a></p><p><a href="https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/business/2022/06/wil</span><span class="invisible">hoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html</span></a></p><p>"The law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone; and it cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone."</p><p>A good mnemonic is "Rules [Taxes, Laws, etc.] for Thee, but not for Me."</p><p>Edit: Updated with better links to sources.</p>