[Seruzawa]

Wait a second. Doesn’t this opinion label Buckley as an insane libertarian and an enemy of all that is good and decent in society?

At least that what some of the “deep thinkers” on the fr say. How does this square with his status as one of the greatest conservatives ever? Maybe some people are a lot dumber than they think.

As HL Mencken said, “The sort of man who wants his ideas to be forced on others is usually the sort of man whose ideas are idiotic.”

[BGHater]

WFB was Libertarian or Conservative at times.

[eclecticEel]

“Wait a second. Doesn’t this opinion label Buckley as an insane libertarian and an enemy of all that is good and decent in society?”

Well, to be fair, there are some insane libertarians out there; not the typical sort, but the extreme anarcho-capitalist variety.

[SFC Chromey]

How does this square with his status as one of the greatest conservatives ever?

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Easy, “conservative” defines the role of Government interference in a country’s people. As the stats released today mention about 1 in 100 people are in lock-up throughout the US. That is not “conservative” government.

[robertpaulsen]

A Libertarian, yes.