I have disliked WIlliam Buckley since meeting him at a PEN event (3authors reading)in 1986. I know he founded the movement, but he was so fatuous and patrician and so didn’t get it. I remember that Norman Mailer, who was one of the writers, introducing him in a terribky insulting way....”eventhough he’s a conversative, he’sintelligent” or “oneof the only conservatives who is intelligent” and Buckley just accepted it — instead of coming onto the stage saying: “this exemplifies what is wrong with discourse in the US oday, and the degree to which intellectuals marginalize anyone with a dissenting voice.”
apologize for my terrible typing. Still waiting for Mr Cupcake to bring me my first cup of coffeee. Don’t know why the words run together in this format.
have disliked WIlliam Buckley since meeting him at a PEN event (3 authors reading)in 1986. I know he founded the movement, but he was so fatuous and patrician and so didn’t get it. I remember that Norman Mailer, who was one of the writers, introducing him in a terribly insulting way....”even though he’s a conversative, he’s intelligent” or “one of the only conservatives who is intelligent” and Buckley just accepted it — instead of coming onto the stage saying: “this exemplifies what is wrong with the discourse in the US today, and the degree to which intellectuals marginalize anyone with a dissenting voice.”