• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    It was “State’s rights” to own slaves but then “Federal Government Oversight” to force abolition states to return escaped slaves.

    In other words:

    “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.”