"I feel obliged to say that the emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, … that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from any association between us.“
Now, that is a letter!
I’ve seen this a few times over the years. It is very fine. What I have not seen is the letter Mosley had presumably sent to Russell to which this is the reply. I wonder what ‘association’ he might have been proposing?
The next, concluding paragraph lands even more heavily. Moral clarity is a powerful weapon
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he was so polite, even in the face of human excrement walking around on two legs that was Oswald Mosley
oh snap
I love the insight that the emotional, not only the moral, universes are key here. Generosity of heart, genuine curiosity, even happiness…can fascists even really know these?
That is perhaps the politest way to say “Fuck off and die” that I have ever read. Only Bertrand Russell…
I never realized that Mosley was still on his bullshit in 1962. FFS.