Comments on: Dick Cavett And Enoch Powell: Civilized, Edifying Discussion That Would Never Take Place Today https://barelyablog.com/dick-cavett-and-enoch-powell-civilized-edifying-discussion-that-would-never-take-place-today/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ian “Red” Rivers https://barelyablog.com/dick-cavett-and-enoch-powell-civilized-edifying-discussion-that-would-never-take-place-today/comment-page-1/#comment-26623 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 18:22:55 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=153039#comment-26623 That was definitely a different time, when intelligent people left and right could discuss the issues with civility. How instructive to hear Powell talk about the concept of British subjects, and the logical outcome of that policy in the age of air travel. How refreshing to see Dick Cavett give Powell time to make his point, and then to admit that what he said was reasonable. To think that 50 years ago we Americans were already exporting the concept of racism to the rest of the European world. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Leon Trotsky one of the early innovators in weaponizing the racist accusation? I think I’d read somewhere that he may have even invented the concept, but I have to imagine the pedigree is older than that.

BTW, there are a lot of good Dick Cavett YouTubes available, as you can imagine. He did a lot of terrific interviews over the years. I think you can even find the famous Norman Mailer/Gore Vidal showdown on one of those Cavett videos. That one convinced me of Vidal’s courage, watching him laugh and crack jokes vis a vis Mailer’s menacing posture

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