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Entry: Responding to My Respondents Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/responding_to_my_respondents#23573 Post contents: I can't recommend Paul Gottfried's writings strongly enough. He is probably the premier paleocon intellectual in America and he is more than willing to look at the tough questions - and even refers his readers to writers that others might instinctively shy away from. I agree with all of his remarks regarding the "post-paleos" and I guess I find a great deal of personal resonance in what he says about them. I have no interest in propping up the GOP and I find the fondness for Reagan among those who I usually see as allies of mine on the right (Pat, Reese, etc.) to be both vexing and bewildering. I also feel a closer connection to the pre-WWII conservatives figures than I do with most of the post-war right. I do think that Prof. Gottfried is selling the European New Right short. While their numbers may be small, are the current paleo numbers in the USA much bigger? Isn't this a case of people living in glass houses throwing stones? Moreover, you can be critical of Christianity and still not lean towards a gooey and silly paganism. Is there a place for religious skeptics in the conservative movement? There certainly was in the pre-war period. Despite their small numbers, I am not unimpressed with Benoist and others in the ENR. Their characterization here on Taki seems mostly shallow, uninformed, and far too hasty. Sent at: 2008 10 13