• WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world
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    Intellectually honest in expressing their support for apartheid, ignoring the Constitution in favor of segregation, and promoting military coups against democratically elected leaders of foreign countries?

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      Intellectually honest in that they were open to having their minds changed through debate. Buckley saw his earlier positions were wrong, and regretted that he took them. This stands in contrast to the Republican party of today which is almost entirely dogmatic in its beliefs.

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        This stands in contrast to the Republican party of today which is almost entirely dogmatic in its beliefs.

        Doubles down even when anything it believes is shown to be patently false/immoral/illegal.