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Whatever Grover Norquist is, stupid is not one. He appears to be quite a complex (if obsessed) person and his views outside of taxation don’t fall easily on the

• xrd 7y ago
  He just has so many strange positions that may be "smart" but, at least at first glance, seem to have awful side effects. From that page: "In 1985, he went to a conference in South Africa sponsored by South African businesses called the "Youth for Freedom Conference", which sought to bring American and South African conservatives together to end the anti-apartheid movement." Why would anyone work to end the anti-apartheid movement? Did Norquist think that divestment and free-trade would be more effective in ending apartheid? https://www.thenation.com/article/meet-conservatives-who-campaigned-apartheid-south-africa/ https://www.thenation.com/article/meet-conservatives-who-cam... Didn't know that Jeff Flake, the sole anti-Trump Republican US senator, was also active in that movement. I have often felt down on my luck about my employment opportunities, but never have I considered working as a lobbyist for a South African mining company during Apartheid. The book "My Traitor's Heart" has some riveting stories about the horrors of being a mine worker in South Africa before apartheid ended.