Radical conservatives positioned themselves deliberately against historical progress

Evidence

Buckley cast his lot with the “radical conservatives” who had not yet come to terms with the New Deal, and who were willing to stand with him “athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it.” — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 354

Categorization

• CANDY: The phrase ‘athwart history, yelling Stop’ is a famously quotable description of Buckley’s conservatism — light, tweetable material.
• XREF: connects to: The century’s real subcultural resistance came from radical conservatives — W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of the…, 28; The New Deal presented conservatives an existential crisis demanding new strategies. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 471

Broader Connections

• The century’s real subcultural resistance came from radical conservatives #corroborates (0.85) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 28