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In reply to the discussion: Parting Ways (Derbyshire Fired From National Review) [View all]calimary
(89,898 posts)36. He's the guy who openly advocated for the murder of Chelsea Clinton
on the premise that - well horror of horrors, she MIGHT someday want to go into politics, and we just simply cannot have another Clinton succeeding in politics. We simply must have that demon seed wiped out.
It was HORRIBLE. He was advocating cold-blooded pre-meditated murder. And no one did anything. Scarcely anyone said anything. And he was allowed to stay on. "Oh, he was JOKING. It was supposed to be FUNNY." Yeah, my ass. Didn't seem like a joke to me!!!
That was years ago. And he's only now getting fired. Un-frickin'-believable. He should have been exiled to some asteroid YEARS ago.
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National Review didn't publish it - it was on Derbyshire's blog, separate from NR.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2012
#3
'Taki' is a known racist, who himself has run close to getting sacked for articles
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2012
#26
Taki? That fawning courtier to Eurotrash? Dominick Dunne without the gravitas?
Tom Ripley
Apr 2012
#39
"I'm shocked! shocked! to find that racist claptrap going on around here!"
struggle4progress
Apr 2012
#4
NR's Initial Response Was to Merely Distance Themselves from the Racist Comments
indykatie1955
Apr 2012
#6
What's ironic is the founder of NR was quite a racist himself, William F. Buckley.
Old and In the Way
Apr 2012
#10
I used to watch a talk show with Buckley regularly. I don't recall hearing anything ....
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#13
Thanks. I'll look that up. I guess they didn't discuss that in the shows I watched. nt
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#30