[Drango]

Began? Began the battle??

NPR is rewriting history. (typical)

Vidal called Buckley a nazi. Buckley responded. Role the tape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8

Mr Buckley is deceased and cannot defend his reputation. NPR is filth.

[JimSEA]

“I can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon, but I cannot understand the love affair.” Gore Vidal

Today’s corrosive morality was promoted by Mr. Vidal - as vile an individual as America produced in the last century.

[A_Former_Democrat]

” most notably, Truman Capote”

Wrong. “Most notably” himself. A bitter, self-hater if there ever was one.

[a fool in paradise]

He hit upon an ingenious strategy, arguing that "homosexual" was an adjective, not a noun. There was no such thing as a homosexual person, only homosexual acts.

So much for it being a "lifestyle" or genetic. The Supreme Court men in black dresses F***ed up.

[a fool in paradise]

Gay men of my generation and older used him as an example, even a role model. If this cool, witty, outrageous man can succeed with American readers, maybe we can, too.

Lavender mafia in newsrooms continue their campaign.

Less than 2% of the general population, their ranks are beyond 10% in the media.

Wouldn't a more objective article on this hater (or is that h8er) be written by an IMPARTIAL author?

[Impy]

Was it AIDS? Old age? Or did he call the wrong guy a crypto-Nazi and get socked in the face?