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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Jun 2021

    It's kind of odd that in the conservative intramural ideological wars of the last 50 years the winner would be Harry Jaffa.

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      2. Josh Marshall‏Verified account @joshtpm 17 Jun 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        it's also kind of a revelation to me that many pub intellectuals and writers today don't know the secret language when they hear it.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Jun 2021
        Replying to @joshtpm

        Yeah, I think there's a real need to teach people the special language of wingnut. You miss a lot in American politics if you aren't fluent.

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      2. Brad DeLong  🖖‏ @delong 17 Jun 2021
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        In what sense is Jaffa the winner here? Abe Lincoln is no conservative's hero these days... Abraham Lincoln: "That is the real issue. That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal... 1/

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      3. Brad DeLong  🖖‏ @delong 17 Jun 2021
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        ...struggle between these two principles—right and wrong—throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right... 2/

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      2. Matthew‏ @Roland00Address 17 Jun 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        How so? I see aspects of Jaffa winning but I think even he would have some regrets of how it all turned out.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Jun 2021
        Replying to @Roland00Address

        Well, I think the Claremont Institute has become the leading voice of Trump-era GOP thought, and really successful in pushing its view on things like alleged CRT in schools.

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      1. David Tenner‏ @tenner_david 17 Jun 2021
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        Not on same-sex marriage, though...

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