The Corner

Re: Derb: See You and Raise You

Rich: That is a delectably pure instance of what Leo Strauss called the

reductio ad Hitlerum. Strauss: “A view is not refuted by the fact that it

happens to have been shared by Hitler.” (Natural Right and History,

Chapter II.)

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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