Gen Z is ignorant of so much, but especially William F. Buckley

William F. Buckley, Jr. and Tucker Carlson    "The late William F. Buckley, Jr. must be credited as one of the people who established modern conservatism in the United States. He had a weather eye for what or who could help or hurt the movement.

"In the early 1960s, Robert Welch, founder of the John Birch Society, labeled former president Dwight Eisenhower, former secretary of state George C. Marshall, and many other leading Republicans as communists. He, and the Birch Society, claimed that every federal agency had been taken over by the communists. After many debates and much correspondence with Welch, Buckley led a movement to expel Welch and the John Birch Society from the conservative movement and he succeeded.

"Buckley did so with logic and reason and at great risk to himself and to his then-new publication, National Review. It was, he judged, a risk worth taking and he succeeded. He made the Birch Society anathema to conservatives.

"We cannot know how Buckley would have dealt with Tucker Carlson but it is a safe bet that he would have driven Carlson and the rest of his gaggle out of the conservative movement, as he did with Welch and the Birchers.

"It is now up to us to expel the loudest anti-Semites from the conservative movement. They aren’t conservatives: they are, quite simply, bad people who use the conservative brand to conceal their racism and anti-Semitism.

"We know who they are and so do they. They range from Tucker Carlson (who my friend Mark Levin calls “Qatarlson” for his sympathy and emulation of the rhetoric of the Qataris who back Hamas) to people such as Nick Fuentes, who was recently given a friendly interview by Carlson." . . .

5 Firing Line moments that are still relevant today | William F. Buckley

"William F. Buckley, Jr. hosted Firing Line for 33 years. During his tenure as host, he debated a number of influential public figures on topics ranging from comedy to imperialism. This compilation shows Buckley in conversation with five of his most memorable guests on matters that are still important today. "Discover the intellectual evolution and political legacy of William F. Buckley, Jr. See how the author and commentator, one of the foremost public intellectuals in American history, galvanized the modern conservative movement. "Chapters: 00:05 - Groucho Marx and Buckley on what kind of jokes are culturally appropriate 02:21 - Allen Ginsberg on drugs, spirituality and art 05:11 - Norman Mailer on the differences between Republicans and Democrats 08:47 - Noah Chomsky and Buckley on American imperialism 12:21 - Huey P. Newton defends the rhetoric of the Black Panther Party