Random Thought on William Buckley.

William F. Buckley, patron saint of modern conservatives, gets a disproportionate amount of shit for his hatred of black people.

Let us not forget that he considered other minorities subhuman, too!

As the Prop 8 trial nears an end, it seems only fitting to reprint something he wrote in 1985, at which time there were 2000 AIDS cases and deaths in New York City alone.¹  According to Buckley, AIDS-ridden gays, like Hitler, deserved eternal damnation because they hadn't shown enough contrition²:

Later in the piece, Buckley notes that a local bishop was planning a memorial service for those who had died of the virus. He not pleased:

Anyway, I just figured you'd wanna be aware of this, in case you were planning on buying a t-shirt commemorating the great man.

¹ NYC Department of Health
² Universal Press Syndicate, 12 November, 1985 [via]