i mean, that is that is classic white nationalist talking point. exactly. that is something you expect to hear from a follower of richard spencer, not of william f. buckley, jr. the companion piece to that, they always say, i m not a racist, i just love my race. exactly. i don t hate black people. i just love my race. that s kind of the vibe you get from this article. i ve never been accused by a mainstream publication before of being a self-hating white. this is the kind of stuff that i hear on the dark corners of the internet from actual white supremacists and so to see this actually this kind of filth directed at me from national review, which is, you know, a publication that is defined american conservatism since the 1950s. william f. buckley. this is a magazine i grew up reading, an doctor son. i had a subscription in national review when i was 13. subscription at 13. wow, it doesn t surprise me, but i kind of love that idea.
kind of rhetoric. the other thing that this writer wrote is i honestly didn t understand it. he said that you had demonstrated that you hate yourself and that your writing was boutique and performative which i don t know what that means. it was a very strange article because basically it was saying that boots attacks, you know attacks on white people are basically driving them into the arms of the white nationalists and forcing them to choose between the white nationalists and boot and his self-loathing whites. this kind of bizarre all of those people are reading the washington post and your column and going to white nationalism. it doesn t make any sense. but it s shocking and offensive to me to see this kind of language appear in what is a mainstream publication.
equivalent all those people are reading the washington post, your column and going to white nationalism. it doesn t make any sense. it s incredibly shocking and offensive for me to see this kind of lapping waj appear in what is a mainstream publication and it sadly is i think a reflection of even how mainstream conservative publications are being trump i identified and going down the same road you see. in order to survive, i think for many it s an economic decision with some of these people. they don t want to go the way of the weekly standard which collapsed. to my mind it s tragic because i revered national review. i thought it stood for something better. sadzeck sadly it s a sign of how far donald trump is leading them over the edge, not only the conservative movement, but the gate keepers who have something to answer for keeping the gates open to the racism and xenophobia that donald trump represents. thank you for being with us. a killer s path in dayton, ohio,
and today national review, which is a mainstream publication, the quote, unquote bible of conservatives, runs an article accusing me of being a self-hating white who is stoking the flames of racial hatred. this is the language of white supremacists which is appearing in a mainstream conservative publication. so there s a lot of sentiment that donald trump is tapping into, and unfortunately he s finding a lot of support on the right even as he s venturing into horrible xenophobic and racist territory. kirsten, what was that audible exasperating moment you just had? it s so insane to describe max that way. you know, and national review, yes, which was once a mainstream conservative publication, to be writing something like that, i think the new york times has an exhautive write-up today about all the connections between the types of language, the dehumanizing and racist language that showed up in, you know, the manifesto of somebody who murdered, you know,
i don t want to get into revenge politics which is obviously been the problem that i m identifying. i don t want to be part of mudslinging. i want to speak aspirationally and positively and do everything i can to elevate the national conversation that is what s necessary. had you not realized he made those comments? no, i did not. i did not. someone else posted the tweet and the person didn t fully vet this piece, but kirsten, not a good look especially when you criticize the president for his use of social media. well, it also was an article from p.j. media which is outside the mainstream publication to be kind. why is the person who s working for him even, you know, presumably read this because they were praising it so i don t think that that looks good. i want to focus in on the fact that he wants to elevate the conversation, but really what he s done is he s come out and