I think the author ignores just how radical Rockwell's earlier "Four Freedoms" were, so his work on civil rights didn't just come out of nowhere. Yes, the "Four

I think the author ignores just how radical Rockwell's earlier "Four Freedoms" were, so his work on civil rights didn't just come out of nowhere. Yes, the "Four Freedoms" can be interpreted as mere "patriotism", but they were based on a speech of FDR's that included "freedom from fear" and "freedom from want", which were both rather radical inclusions as to what freedom meant at the time.