Opponents of apartheid in USA are demagogues who want to "reap domestic political benefit from the African issue" Wall Street Journal 1978
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6. Jerry Falwell 1986: South Africa is "a friend of the West" and urged "millions of Christians to buy Krugerrands"
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7. Those who praise Mandela are comparable to those who celebrated the Khmer Rouge: Commentary magazine, 1988
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8. "I have a soft spot in my mind for apartheid -- not as practiced in South Africa but as a concept." George Kennan.
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9. "Under a real government, Bishop Tutu would be a cake of soap." Jeffrey Hart, National Review editor, 1989.
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10. Can't find the exact quote but in early 1970s Nat Rev, James Burnham praised apartheid as similar to ancient Athenian democracy
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11. Without apartheid, South Africa would fall into the hands of "witch doctors ... and reckless demagogues.” Russell Kirk, 1967.
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12. Virtually every middle-aged conservative pundit & activist got start supporting apartheid in the 1970s & 1980s: D'Souza, Coulter etc
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13. Outside of conservative circles, some centrist & liberals were sympathetic to apartheid (Dean Acheson prime example).
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14 Having established that there was a vast body of pro-Apartheid thought among conservatives (and some liberals), what are we to conclude?
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15. The usual explanation that anti-communism led to support for apartheid is only in part true & doesn't get to the heart of matter.
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16. Causation is complicated: opposition to communism & support for racism linked because for many racial equality IS communism.
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17. In debates conservatives often accused anti-Apartheid movement of applying Civil Rights prism to Africa. Reverse is true.
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