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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Feb 2021

      William F. Buckley's grand-nephew being part of the Jan. 6 riot kind of gives lie to the idea that Trumpism is a great swerve from historical American conservatism.

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    2. Joel MaHarry‏ @JoelMaHarry 16 Feb 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet @tomscocca

      Assuming WF Buckley's ideology was somehow hardwired into his grand-nephew's DNA. Which it wasn't. Which suggests the absurdity of your "point."

      5 replies 2 retweets 130 likes
    3. Tom Scocca‏ @tomscocca 16 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JoelMaHarry @HeerJeet

      Why in the world would the shared multigenerational political project of an extended family be "hardwired" or in "DNA"? What compels you to invent an argument so stupid that you can feel smarter than it?

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    4. Joel MaHarry‏ @JoelMaHarry 16 Feb 2021
      Replying to @tomscocca @HeerJeet

      What's stupid, tellingly so, is assuming someone's political views would automatically comport with the views of a relative several generations removed. My response was a way of illustrating the absurdity of that kind of assumption.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JoelMaHarry @tomscocca

      I bet you also think the fact that members of the Kennedy family keep running as Democrats is a complete coincidence from which one can draw no logical inference. And somehow Barrymores keep getting acting parts.

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        2. Joel MaHarry‏ @JoelMaHarry 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @tomscocca

          Your assumptions about identity politics are smugly nonsensical. Familial dynasties *may* exist. So what? Ideology isn't something that's by definition passed down across generations. If it was, you'd have a hard time explaining Christopher Buckley's support of Obama.

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        3. faeriella  ☁️‏ @faeriella67 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @JoelMaHarry @HeerJeet @tomscocca

          you don't think you're like your father?

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        2. John Al  🐋‏ @johnalmac 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JoelMaHarry @tomscocca

          That’s nice. Now do Ron Reagan.

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        3. Angry Disabled Bureaucrat 👨‍🦯‏ @Balzac_Asimov 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @johnalmac @HeerJeet and

          Ron explicitly rejected his parents' ideology in public. There's no sign that Bozell, whose father runs multiple Trumpist groups and concerns and whose grampa--Buckley's bro in law, who worked for McCarthy--has fallen far from the tree.

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        2. Tom Scocca‏ @tomscocca 16 Feb 2021

          This thread is a spectacular demonstration of the current fad for being as dumb as possible by adopting the forms of pure reason

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        1. Onytay Ompkinstay‏ @twonis2 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JoelMaHarry @tomscocca

          Yeah, I mean look at Ron Reagan Jr. Clearly politics is an inherited trait.

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        1. Man_in_the_High_Keep‏ @bee_flippen 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JoelMaHarry @tomscocca

          Does it have to do with the fact that all the political capital built into the Kennedy name is inextricably linked to the Democrat party? And that running as a Republican would earn them a resounding defeat in liberal Massachusetts?

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        1. Desmond™ 🇺🇦‏ @desmondd1984 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JoelMaHarry @tomscocca

          You can find just as many counterexamples.

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        2. Douglas Lukasik‏ @DouglasLukasik 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JoelMaHarry @tomscocca

          Hey ... yo ... Bey ... what percentage of R voters could identify whom Buckley is, what his ideology is, and why he was important? Your point is literally absurd.

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        3. Clay Ranck‏ @clayranck 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @DouglasLukasik @HeerJeet and

          Most of them have no clue who Rupert Murdoch is, either.

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