@DougHenwood thanks for posting the Buckley/Friedman thing. Watched wfb a ton as a kid. I remember he seemed so smart. But now…
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@robmickey well I loved him when I was a young reactionary - now he seems like a total shit4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@DougHenwood@robmickey It's kind of amazing people Buckley had on FL: Chomsky, Galbraith, Mailer, MikeHarrington, Mohammed Ali, Greer, etc2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@DougHenwood@robmickey Those shows might seem like a better time, but they were insufferable because of WFB.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GregAnrig@DougHenwood@robmickey Buckley's whole patrician thing hasn't aged well & his writing was very mannered.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@DougHenwood@robmickey Also, he was wrong about absolutely everything.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@GregAnrig@DougHenwood@robmickey That's even more true of Buckley's NR colleagues like James Burnham. Spectacularly wrong time & again.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@doughenwood@robmickey What was WFB insightful about, ahead of his time in a way that was borne out? I can't think of one thing.4 replies 2 retweets 0 likes -
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@GregAnrig@HeerJeet@robmickey like Reagan he bridged the market-traditionalist split.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@DougHenwood @GregAnrig @robmickey The real theoretician of that was Frank Meyers ("fusionism") although WFB did popularize.
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