tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post1176406404442662130..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: I Guess the National Review Didn't Get the Memo on the Banality of Evil: "President Obama Commemorates the ‘Senseless’ Holocaust"Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-25851403541648506952013-02-05T09:49:32.227-06:002013-02-05T09:49:32.227-06:00He would laugh heartily while high-fiving Leo Stra...He would laugh heartily while high-fiving Leo Strauss, maybe shaking his head a bit, saying "these guys may not be filled with 'uncommon knowledge and high mindedness' that I hoped for, but they'll do."Dubious Brotherhttp://twitter.com/DubiousBrothanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-7180879567091876302013-02-03T03:16:15.991-06:002013-02-03T03:16:15.991-06:00What would Burke say about the contemporary Republ...What would Burke say about the contemporary Republican Party?chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-64366612692154215962013-02-03T03:15:50.555-06:002013-02-03T03:15:50.555-06:00And now they are back via the Koch brothers to the...And now they are back via the Koch brothers to the Tea Party? Ain't nothing new in the game.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-11533259461674861202013-02-02T23:44:55.223-06:002013-02-02T23:44:55.223-06:00I never cared for Buckley's politics, save for...I never cared for Buckley's politics, save for the time he banished the John Birch Society to the wilderness. Of course, they've slunk back now that he's long dead.Paul Sunstonehttp://www.sunstonescafe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-55361923807726996262013-02-02T22:16:57.206-06:002013-02-02T22:16:57.206-06:00I guess I have to be the one to ask. What was &qu...I guess I have to be the one to ask. What was "sensible" about Nazism, exactly?Miles_Ellisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-18720610911443863692013-02-02T18:43:22.319-06:002013-02-02T18:43:22.319-06:00Yes, grounded in the plight of the aristocracyYes, grounded in the plight of the aristocracyDubious Brotherhttp://twitter.com/DubiousBrothanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-78314558307265050252013-02-02T17:56:37.596-06:002013-02-02T17:56:37.596-06:00Was modern conservatism ever grounded historically...Was modern conservatism ever grounded historically? Provocative question...chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-5717973019536527652013-02-02T17:56:04.092-06:002013-02-02T17:56:04.092-06:00No doubt about that. Even though he "apologiz...No doubt about that. Even though he "apologized" later on. Got to rewatch his debate with Baldwin. I think he would be embarrassed that the NRO got so sloppy and lowered the bar relative to the foolishness of populist conservatism.chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-9615253361937670182013-02-02T16:52:07.210-06:002013-02-02T16:52:07.210-06:00Buckley used to give you the impression he was a l...Buckley used to give you the impression he was a learned man. The right doesn't have any learned men anymore, -maybe- a few people who get to masquerade as such. Being learned, historically accurate in a scholarly way, that's anathema to them.Dick Destinynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-83201596418089248892013-02-02T16:05:06.328-06:002013-02-02T16:05:06.328-06:00Buckley himself was a racist. During the Civil Ri...Buckley himself was a racist. During the Civil Rights movement, he was writing editorials stating that the South must prevail and that "chaos and mobocratic rule would result if the black population of the South were given the vote." He also stated that the 1963 bombing of the Birmingham church that killed 4 black children "dramatically set back the cause of <i>white</i> people." Finally, he said that the "cultural superiority" of whites entitled them to take any measures necessary to prevail politically and culturally in areas where they do not predominate numerically. <br /><br /><br />Buckley is the architect of modern conservative thought. It would be a massive act of cognitive dissonance for him to despair about the racist direction of the National Review, since he's responsible for it.Miles_Ellisonnoreply@blogger.com