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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      13. Otto von Habsburg -- pretender to the Austrian throne -- used to say National Review only magazine that talked sense to American people

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      14. National Review also very close to Franco's Spain -- Brent Bozell would organize summer seminars in Spain.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      15. Moreover, as National Review opposed civil rights movement it felt sympathy for beleaguered white supremacist regimes in Africa.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      16. NR's pro-imperialist stance took them in odd directions: in 1940s and 1950s, James Burnham had been close to De Gaulle

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      17. But after De Gaulle came to accept decolonization, Burnham and National Review came to oppose & even support his would-be assassins.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      18. In this post I quote a National Review editorial expressing sympathy for those who plotted to kill de Gaulle:https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/national-review-and-terrorism/ …

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      19. James Burnham's Suicide of the West (1964) is perhaps the classic expression of this type of American imperialist nostalgia.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      20. D'Souza's various anti-Obama books and documentaries are basically a modern updating of Burnham's ideas.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      21. D'Souza was clever enough to realize that with a black president who had an African father, Burnhamite conservatism worth reviving.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015
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      22. As some people have said, this is a simple story. Obama is black, so "anti-colonialist" is a useful dog whistle.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 19 Feb 2015

      23. But beyond the dog whistle value, "anti-colonialist" chatter is built on older 1950s/1960s pro-imperialist sentiment.

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        1. James Purser‏ @purserj 19 Feb 2015
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          @HeerJeet I'm interested in how it clashes mightily with founding father mythology. The whole American Revolution was "anti-colonialism"

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        2. pHiycrtyl‏ @iycrtylph 19 Feb 2015
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          @HeerJeet dog whistles only work if ppl know what they mean. few hick conservatives in USA have heard of colonialism, much less anti-

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        3. (((Pro Democracy)))‏ @Gray_is_good 19 Feb 2015
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          @iycrtylph @HeerJeet Not true. Dog whistles don't rely on content. They rely on affect-based messaging with tone & key-words. 1/2

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        1. FubarDaddy  🇨🇦 🇮🇪 🇺🇦‏ @fubardaddy 19 Feb 2015
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          @HeerJeet Blax Americana

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        1. pHiycrtyl‏ @iycrtylph 19 Feb 2015
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          @HeerJeet IOW i think your effort to explain where this rhetoric might have come from is warranted. and appreciated!

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        1. pHiycrtyl‏ @iycrtylph 19 Feb 2015
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          @HeerJeet one hears of "anti-colonialism" in USA mostly in the ivory tower, which conservatives make a big show of despising. mayB that 2?

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        2. ddouglas  🌻‏ @dd9000 19 Feb 2015
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          @HeerJeet Thanks for history lesson. Since I first heard it, have been baffled since I'd never heard/read a modern defense of colonialism.

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        3. ddouglas  🌻‏ @dd9000 19 Feb 2015
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          @HeerJeet In fact, I've been baffled by the lack of pushback from the so-called Liberal media: no questioning why "anti-colonialism" is bad

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