Just cleared the last of a huge e-mailbag following yesterday’s blogs about

Bishop Robinson. Reading that much material leaves you with general

impressions. (To which, of course, there are many particular exceptions.)

One that I especially think worth noting is, that the commitment of

homosexual activists to free speech is about one millimeter deep. I got a

strong impression, time after time, that the reader believed I SHOULD NOT BE

ABLE TO SAY the things I said. A couple of readers said so flat out.

Veiled threats to try and shut me down were common. (“Does Mr Buckley know

the kinds of things you say on The Corner? Perhaps he should be told…”)

Make no mistake about it: there is a serious, strong current of thought out

there that believes ANY objection to homosexuality is “hate speech” and

ought to be criminalized–or, if it cannot be criminalized, shut down by any

means that come to hand. I say again: there are many exceptions, and I

thank those readers who, after identifying themselves as homosexual, went on

to argue with me in a thoughtful and civilized way. But I now know

something I did not know 48 hours ago, or knew only vaguely and imperfectly:

gay fascism is real, and strong, and determined. If this Political

Correctness cannot be stopped, we are going to lose our freedoms.