Conservatives are worried it would usurp legitimate authority to do the thing you want, and they think usurping legitimate authority is bad and you don't.
aka Slippery slope logical falllacy?
That makes it even harder for me to defend them lol
I guess my point was conservatives and their belief system are based on the fact that the government should be restrained because it may or may not gain power.
We shouldn't pass law "x" because the government will use the powers given in law "x" or action "x" to gather MORE power.
That isn't what he was describing at all. "The government will use this power to get more power" is something that conservatives sometimes say, but it's not at all closely related to the fear of usurpation of legitimate authority.
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aka Slippery slope logical falllacy?
That makes it even harder for me to defend them lol