We need WM. Buckley’s response to Gore Vidal making the same charge on the air during the 68’ convention. Used the term “You SOB”
“We need WM. Buckley’s response to Gore Vidal making the same charge on the air during the 68’ convention. Used the term “You SOB””
NO HE DIDN’T!
Transcript:
Buckley: (interrupting): —and some people were pro-Nazi—
Vidal: —is you can express any view you want—
Buckley: —and some people were pro-Nazi—
Vidal: Shut up a minute!
Buckley: No, I won’t. Some people were pro-Nazi and, and the answer is they were well treated by people who ostracized them. And I’m for ostracizing people who egg on other people to shoot American Marines and American soldiers. I know you don’t care—
Vidal (loftily): As far as I’m concerned, the only pro- or crypto-Nazi I can think of is yourself. Failing that—
Smith (the debate moderator): Let’s, let’s not call names—
Vidal: Failing that, I can only say that—
Buckley: Now listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in your goddam face, and you’ll stay plastered—
I used a British Working Mans Curse phrase.