1. We're familiar with the narrative of how right-wing outlets were openly racist in 1950s/1960s & then as social mores changed started to recast their arguments with euphemisms & dog whistles. Less discussed is how this same arc replicated over LGBTQ issues in 1970s/1980s.
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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 …
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I feel like at this point P.J. O'Rourke's claim to the title of "humorist" deserves an asterisk.
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That point was reached long, long ago.
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The O’Rourke riff might be a case of “too soon?” — but it has the merit of skewering piety and seems free of any overt (or even implicit?) homophobia, no?
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I always found it a bit bizarre, how PJ O'Rourke is naturally a very funny man *right* up until he tries to be far-right-wing funny, and suddenly he's just failing hard as any Huckabee. Can never decide whether it's self-aware or not.
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