15. What Kempton said about Vidal versus Buckley also applies to Vidal versus Mailer. Vidal knew how to get under skin of opponents.
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26. For Buckley, being called a queer was a grave insult, a cutting remark. Vidal, subscribing to a different morality, could laugh it off.
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27. Vidal the would-be populist had aristocratic values, Buckley the supposed aristocratic conservative appealed to mob morality.
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@HeerJeet That is the thesis of Burr. That Burr was an "18th century man", couldn't adapt to the 19th century. Clear who Vidal sided withThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet “Aristocratic… like a Roman Senator.” Not a Novus Homo, that’s for sure.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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