[nostrademons]

H.L. Mencken wasn't really a conservative firebrand, more of an iconoclast. His position then could be likened to that of Trey Parker & Matt Stone today, i.e. shits on everything, liberal and conservative, for the lulz, and occasionally makes some very perceptive social commentary in the process.

[dnautics]

that's very fair, although I would say he was more sophisticated than Matt & Trey, and his favorite enemy was FDR.