2. Buckley/Vidal feud has been much written about I don't think anyone has adequately explained why WFB lost his cool at that moment
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3. I mean, clearly Vidal was very good at getting under Buckley's skin (also Mailer's skin and many others).
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This Twitter essay is amazing.
@HeerJeet details William F. Buckley's latent fascist sympathies.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/617348451538456576 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@samtanenhaus A fuller telling would ask why WFB got under the skin of Vidal, why Vidal was so obsessed with taking down WFBThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@samtanenhaus One thing that is in BEST OF ENEMIES but needs further elaboration is parallels between WFB & GVThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@samtanenhaus Obvious parallels in patrician persona, youthful success, TV intellectuals. Deeper tie is in connection to Isolationism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@samtanenhaus One thing I thought really came out clearly in BEST OF ENEMIES is how cold & calculated Vidal was.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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