I grew up reading @NRO. Its founder, William F. Buckley Jr., was a childhood hero. So it was a shock on Monday afternoon to see myself attacked in National Review as, essentially, a traitor to the white race. My @PostOpinions column:https://wapo.st/33zJ615
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And I welcome all defectors. I just dont appreciate Max’s preciousness in being shocked at the racism of his side... just admit you were blind forever and the right was always about racism and move on
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That's what I was forced to do when I finally stopped identifying with
@GOP. (I never joined the party but nearly always voted Republican from 1980-2000.) A several year period of self-flagellation followed in which I asked myself how I could have been so blind for so long. - Show replies
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Basically, I saw the direction the
@GOP was going over a quarter century ago, but because party and political orientation are so linked to identity, it's very hard to change. -
As a result, even though I'd become uncomfortable, things had to get really bad before the cognitive dissonance was uncomfortable enough to prod me to finally leave
@GOP behind for good. - Show replies
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