Some good folks seem to think that policies grounded in racism, white supremacy, and fascism found in the Republican conservative movement are new with the ascendency of Donald Trump. They should consider the following ideas written by William F. Buckley, the godfather of the modern American conservative movement, in a 1957 editorial in the National Review, long considered almost Holy Writ by conservatives:
"The central question that emerges is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas in which it does not predominate numerically. The sobering answer is Yes - the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is the advanced race. . . . Sometimes it becomes impossible to assert the will of a minority, in which case it must give way; and the society will regress; sometimes the numerical minority cannot prevail except by violence; then it must determine whether the prevalence of its will is worth the terrible price of violence."
Consider that last sentence in connection with the invasion of the Capitol two days ago and keep it in mind the next time you hear that Trump and Trumpism don't represent "real" American political conservatism. If the shoe fits, . . .
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