Fact-Checking

     I keep seeing mention of "Wilhoit's Law," sometimes attributed to Professor Francis M. Wilhoit, Ph.D., U. S. Army cryptographer, CIA agent, pal of Zbigniew Brzezinski​ and Henry Kissinger, political scientist and anti-racist.  He retired in 1990 and passed away in 2010 at the age of 90.

     Wilhoit's Law is younger than Godwin's Law, younger than Rule 34 (find your own links, weirdo), and states:

     "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."

     Sad if true, and historically, it may be easier for an American to see it in application to European conservatism (and vice-versa); but the guy who coined it did so in 2018 as part of the lengthy reply in a discussion thread: 60ish highbrow composer Frank Wilhoit of Ohio.  He's got some pithy opinions about politics, but he is not a former spy and confidante of high-level diplomats, nor a professor of political science, and you should not come sailing into debate flying the banner of Francis M. Wilhoit aboard the good ship Frank Wilhoit, orchestra thundering at full blast.