2. The assumption here is that there was a time when D'Souza wasn't part of the conservative movement. That hasn't been true since he jointed Dartmouth Review as undergraduate in 1980 at age 19.https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/966781463365636101 …
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3. D'Souza was terrible since he was undergraduate editor. Ran article in minstrel show dialogue & slogan "the only good Indian is a dead Indian."pic.twitter.com/c4Gt0SpX5U
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4. At Dartmouth D'Souza also outed 2 gay students. Then he flourished as conservative pundit, writing for National Review, Wall Street Journal, American Spectator etc. & serving as AEI fellow. He's still on National Review masthead.
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5. But D'Souza came at late stage of conservatism. Consider National Review, founded in 1955 by editors who, to a person, supported Joseph McCarthy.
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6. Le Pen & Farage are bad, yes. But William F. Buckley's brother-in-law (who was also Barry Goldwater's speechwriter) upheld Franco's Spain as the ideal Christian state.
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7. Shocked by Le Pen at CPAC? In 1960s National Review celebrated French far right assassins who tried to kill Charles De Gaulle.pic.twitter.com/f7extHO4df
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8. Shocked by Gorka at CPAC? In 1970s National Review allowed its coverage of Chile to be guided by a member of the Pinochet regime.https://newrepublic.com/article/123073/national-review-should-apologize-cooperating-augusto-pinochet …
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9. I could go on & on. We all know that. Instead of that, let's listen to the excellent
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10. Now, you're probably wondering how Jack Kirby, Darkseid, and Bill Graham fit into all this. Give me a minute.....
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The movie, "Boogie Man, The Lee Atwater Story," should be required viewing for all current registered voters. Most people are unaware he is the originator of single issue voters in modern times. He mentored Karl Rove and was friends with Roger Stone.
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