[Wallace T.]

From his rise to fame in the 1990s to his death, Rush Limbaugh served much as William Buckley did in his heyday. Both anchored the right end of “acceptable” conservative opinion. They held the conservative electorate within the bounds of the conservative vs. liberal framework. The rise of blogging and podcasts and the bypasses that the alt-right media did around Big Tech censorship have broken the old bounds that Conservatism, Inc. placed on the right wing. You now have Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, and Elon Musk as the dominant voices as Fox and traditional AM radio talkers decline.

[wintertime]

Re: “acceptable” conservativism

Yes, indeed! Rush never went beyond those bounds.

[aquila48]

“Both anchored the right end of “acceptable” conservative opinion.”

Great observations!

“Acceptable conservatism” is too timid, too afraid to speak the truth, too afraid of labels and insukts, too comfortable to engage the fight.

And so the left keeps wiping the floor with us in this culture war.

It’s somewhat hopeful that today we’re starting to have people on our side unafraid to speak the uncomfortable truths. We need many more and followers ready to take to the streets if we’re going to have a chance at reversing this dystopia we’re living in.

[Bigg Red]

Well-said.