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clipped from matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com
At around the same time, part of the rise of the conservative movement inside the Republican Party was the growing prominence of folks like Barry Goldwater who opposed the Civil Rights Act and who found in his 1964 campaign that the main electoral constituency for his brand of conservatism was . . . white supremacists. Other white supremacist politicians (some of whom, unlike Goldwater, would forever remain unrepentant) like Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms moved into the GOP column.
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Mathew Yglesias had a recent blog post about racism on the right. I’ll give Yglesias the benefit of the doubt and read his post as one that isn’t calling Barry Goldwater a racist. His choice of wording could easily be misconstrued as to saying Goldwater himself was a white supremacist.

But I still do not believe that Yglesias is making a valid point. I’d be interested to see how he substantiates such as statement or if he’s just another lefty ditto head.
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