driftglass's piece on William Buckley Jr's death and the death of reasoned political discourse:
Buckley faded away as a source of influence within the movement he created, while still lingering lucidly and long enough to see the cause to which he devoted much of his life invaded, conquered, sacked and betrayed by the scum of the nation.Read it all at the link above.
Lived long enough to see his movement debased into a horde of blood-drunk moral imbeciles whose idea of discourse is standing in traffic and screaming “Traitor!” at random, passing cars, and whose idea of responsible governance is voting for delusion and disaster and then whining when the bill comes due...
In the end the ideological children Buckley begat turned out to be monsters. Gargoyles who have now fully taken over his cathedral, shit in the holy water and used its cross to build a bonfire onto which they have hurled just about everything he held dear.
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My two favorite reads for years, Maru and Drifty.
Pablo's Old Dog
It is only fitting that he should witness what his early passions "spawned".
It is also fitting that he should be alive and present for the death of the spawn of his passion.
It's a shame that he could not or would not comment on those who co-opted his movement and took it in a direction he never intended.
That would have been a nice touch.
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