So many of the leading lights of modern conservatism, including Robert Bork, William F. Buckley, Barry Goldwater, Russell Kirk, and Ronald Reagan opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Trying to think of the most high-profile conservative who supported it. /1
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@zachdcarter that Hayek supported it (THE PRICE OF PEACE, p. 462) although he famously denied that he was a "conservative. Not sure whether Jerry Ford or Richard Nixon, who both supported it, would qualify as conservatives either./25 replies 5 retweets 72 likesShow this thread -
Harry Jaffa? /3
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Replying to @ScottSandage
Not sure he would have called himself a conservative in 1964, although he was already appreciative of the conservative tradition.
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Was just thinking in the long duree of his transition, which spanned, what, 12 years at most?
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Good point. I certainly am no expert on his intellectual trajectory.
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I wouldn't say Genovese was a conservative in 1964. He was a Marxist with an eccentric streak of appreciation for the far right. Later he was a rightwinger with an eccentric appreciation for Marxism. Same ingredient from start to finish,, just the dosage shifted.
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