2. Homophobia is still a tremendous social force but the sheer explicitness of 1980s arguments is striking. Here's Pat Buchanan in 1984.pic.twitter.com/G9Fs8gKiRd
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2. Homophobia is still a tremendous social force but the sheer explicitness of 1980s arguments is striking. Here's Pat Buchanan in 1984.pic.twitter.com/G9Fs8gKiRd
3. Here's American Spector in 1980s about Harvey Milk, the assassinated gay leader. The Trotsky comment is from the well-known humorist P.J. O'Rourke.pic.twitter.com/ORkdCluMJk
4. More thoughts here about why Tucker Carlson's homage to the assassin of Harvey Milk was no outlier but an outgrowth of a widely shared homophobia.https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-should-own-his-homophobia?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
Relevant book by a good friend of mine:https://upf.com/book.asp?id=BRAUK001 …
Also, alongside the articles listed here, that Buckley thing about the proposed tattoos.
I'm reminded of this ballot measure in my home state in 1992 (!) that would've required public schools to teach that being gay is wrong. It got 43% support - which is strikingly high.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Oregon_Ballot_Measure_9 …
in the early 2000s, didn’t the Weekly Standard feature a cover with people marrying apes or something horrible like that?
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