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Can’t remember who said it, but there’s the adage that Conservatism is only one thing — a belief that there should be an in group that the law protects and does not bind, and an out group that the law binds but does not protect.
Wow - that's a powerful distillation. I'm going to try and keep that in mind to see how well it stands up.
Kimmo
The far right are trying to normalise themselves, and that shouldn’t be a surprise. Expect to see much more of it:
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1809318563427299629
In a sense they are conservatives, but only in the worst possible sense. Can’t remember who said it, but there’s the adage that Conservatism is only one thing — a belief that there should be an in group that the law protects and does not bind, and an out group that the law binds but does not protect.