1. Re-watching the Buckley/Vidal debates as a supplement to "Best of Enemies" documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY_nq4tfi24 …
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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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4. The trigger for Buckley's eruption was Vidal turning "crypto-Nazi" (used by WFB against NLF flag) against Buckley himself.
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5. Buckley knew from earlier shows that Vidal had very thoroughly researched Buckley's life and National Review.
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6. Buckley knew that on accusation of fascism, he and National Review were vulnerable to a polemicist like Vidal
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7. Buckley knew Vidal could've brought up story about Buckley's siblings burning a cross at a Jewish resort.
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8. Vidal could've also brought up pro-Franco comments in National Review by Brent Bozell. Or contribution of Revilo Oliver to magazine.
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9. Vidal could've also brought up National Review's impassioned hostility towards trying Eichmann as a war criminal.
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10. It was to pre-empt this sort of discussion, I suspect,that Buckley called Vidal a "queer" and brought up his war record.
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11. Note that AFTER calling Vidal a "queer" Buckley raises name of George Lincoln Rockwell, neo-Nazi leader, saying he should be ostracized.
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12. Buckley and Rockwell had had a history. Rockwell, in pre-Nazi days, sold National Review subscriptions. Corresponded with WFB.
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13. It was Buckley's desire to deflect the crypto-Nazi question that motivated the "queer" outburst.
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