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Entry: The Pragmatism of Russell Kirk Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_pragmatism_of_russell_kirk#3581 Post contents: "though it must be admitted that traditional moral principles regarding war and peace and race relations were honored more consistently by many New Agers than by some of the “silent majority.” Huh? The "silent majority" objected to being victims of black crime and to the government telling them who they can and can't go to school with. They were perfectly correct. As was Kirk who defended apartheid in South Africa and dismissed Brown v. Board as "folly." Here is a good article on the subject of conservatives and race. Here is the money quote about Kirk (who, of course was 100% correct about SA): http://www.amren.com/009issue/009issue.html "In the March 9, 1965, issue [of National Review] Russell Kirk decried court-enforced black voting rights as "theoretical folly" that the US would nevertheless survive, but declared prophetically that the same dogma in South Africa, "if applied, would bring anarchy and the collapse of civilization." For Kirk, civilization required apartheid: "In a time of virulent 'African nationalism,' . . . how is South Africa's 'European' population . . . to keep the peace and preserve a prosperity unique in the Dark Continent?" White rule, he answered, is a prudent way, "to govern tolerably a society composed of several races, among which only a minority is civilized." He called for humane treatment of South African blacks but dismissed their leaders as "witch doctors" and "reckless demagogues." He wrote frankly about the " 'European' element which makes South Africa the only modern and prosperous African country." Sent at: 2008 10 13