“Yeah that revolution part really worked for you, didn’t it?
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We left England under revolution, so I’d say your snide remarks are nothing but bullshit from a bullshit artist. The South failed in their attempt but your arrogance about it is just silly as you cannot possibly lay claim that no further attempt will succeed. Pussies like you aren’t going to stop any rebellion.
It was a snide remark directed at a rabid Lost Cause revisionist fanatic. I can see why you would take offense as well.
The South failed in their attempt but your arrogance about it is just silly as you cannot possibly lay claim that no further attempt will succeed. Pussies like you aren’t going to stop any rebellion.
Well if the next rebellion is depending on the likes of you for its success then I'm certainly not going to be losing any sleep over it.
I mentioned this on another thread a while ago. For reasons I can’t fully explain, I was watching old Firing Line clips on Youtube.
Anyway, there is a fascinating interview there between WFB and Huey P. Newton. Newton is high as a kite, but asks Buckley at what point, “What side would you have been on in 1776?”
Buckley states that he suspects he would have been on Washington’s side but is not sure since - generally speaking - revolutions always lead to violence, chaos, and a new government worse than the former government - regardless of which side wins.
It made me realize that the so-called conservatives who call for revolution are not really conservatives. They are, well, revolutionaries.
And that is ultimately what the civil war was - a revolution that failed. And - as Buckley would have predicted - it left chaos, death, and a worse government in its wake.