Liberals bending over backwards to argue that respected conservatives have/had respectful opinions is why the false balance narrative persists
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Yes. I've heard that fucking argument for 50+ years. I never thought Buckley was smart. Just smug. (His brother, who knocked Roger Goodell's dad out of Congress, was smarter.) Hey, remember the killer who fooled Buckley? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/nyregion/edgar-smith-killer-who-duped-william-f-buckley-dies-at-83.html …
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You do realize the guy ran a show entirely around free expression and the discussion of controversial ideas for decades, right?
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He ran the PBS version of Crossfire with bigger words.
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He was such an a-hole he probably went to snob-heaven.
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Buckley was an asshole and reveled in it, and the only difference between him and George Wallace was a mid-Atlantic accent.
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This thread seems to be applicable here:https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1037511637786214400 …
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As usual, missing the usual disclaimer - "but on his own terms of what constitutes "disagreement and debate"."
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Further reading for the curious:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1951/11/the-attack-on-yale/306724/ …
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