The American Right: The more things change....

[Torie]

When did Buckley make that racist comment?  Yes, I was aware that he had racist tendencies. Once asked when black Africa should get independence, his answer and I quote was "when they stop eating each other."  I remember wincing at it at the time, about 40 years ago. Buckley at the  very least would get a lot of infraction points for hyperbole if he posted around here from those mods into infracting for that sort of thing.

At least Buckley was not a Jew hater to give him his due. The "intellectual" Right at once time tended to be both racist and Jew hating.

[Torie]

At least Buckley was not a Jew hater to give him his due. The "intellectual" Right at once time tended to be both racist and Jew hating.

Is hating Jews somehow more offensive than hating any other ethnic or religious group?

No, of course, but "hating" but one minority is I suppose better than hating two of them. That I guess was my assumption anyway, when I wrote the statement. Buckley started his own rag in part because the balance of those on the Right in 1950 were Jew hating.