That terrible “Reconstruction was a mistake” piece, published in Pat Buchanan’s old rag, that’s making the rounds today reminds me of this 1968 conversation between George Wallace and Bill Buckley.
Bill Buckley calls Reconstruction a “systematic exploitation of the South” and “the worst period in our history” after noting that two of his great-grandfathers fought for the Confederacy. Maybe I’m weird, but I guess I’d say, um, *slavery* was worse than Reconstruction? 🤷♂️
So let’s have none of this “conservative elites used to have a far less racist understanding of American History” stuff today, mmmmkay.
FWIW, here’s the rational wiki page for the guy who founded that magazine with Pat Buchanan in 2002. Apples falling from trees and such.
A reminder of the white nationalist book Pat wrote the year before he founded AmCon mag, and who some of the biggest fans of that book are today.
Given yesterday’s revelations about team Trump’s Jim Crow-esque efforts to intimidate black election officials in Georgia, it takes some real chutzpah to publish that Dunning school essay today. reuters.com/business/media…
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