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How can he consider himself a Conservative who directs personal insults at one on whose shoulders he stands?

I did not insult Mr. Buckley .. I disagreed with him.

do we not owe him our respect?

Disagreeing with someone is not disrespectful. Respect is earned, not "owed". When respect is demanded, only fear is given. Where respect is commanded, it is freely and admiringly offered.

No, I wasn't referring to you, Comet. I used your name because you posted it. There were so many posts, and so many of them made personal insults, and I figured they would know I directed my remarks at them.

What you say is correct. Disagreement does not constitute disrespect. We Conservatives thrive on disagreement exactly because we are free thinkers, and do not move in goosestep like the Liberals. When we shy away from disagreeing with someone just because we admire them as Conservatives: then we are in trouble. It's the malicious personal put-down that coarsens our discourse, and diminishes our remarks to mere name-calling.