1. As a post-script to this piece, a short history of William Buckley calling Gore Vidal "a queer": http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122413/national-reviews-bad-conscience …
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6. In telegram Buckley also alluded to Oscar Wilde. Clearly Vidal's gayness was on his mind.
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7. Buckley ended up not sending the telegraph but it's telling that in both 1962 and 1968 his response to Vidal was to lash out at "queer"
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