Speculation: in 1950s right intellectuals looking for a mass movement to hitch wagon to. Southern resistance to Civil rights fit the bill.
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Replying to @JustinRaimondo
@JustinRaimondo Maybe the case with Buckley. Not sure about other National Reviewers like Burnham, etc. Seems opportunistic in some cases.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Wrong. Burnham opposed all civil rights legislation & upheld "scientific" racism: http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/James_Burnham#cite_note-Muravchik-30 …4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JustinRaimondo
@JustinRaimondo Yeah, but if you look at Burnham's stuff in 1940s he was sympathetic to civil rights and even empathetic to some forms 1/21 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@JustinRaimondo I dunno. Hard to argue point on twitter but I think Burnham was WORSE than "his time" in 1950s/1960s
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