Noam Chomsky on Firing Line with W.F. Buckley, 1969. (4/7)

[PatrickHumphreys]

I'm not smart enough for this shit

[msingletary1984]

I almost feel sorry for Buckley on this one...almost. Bravo!

[StraussBR]

I like how they are politely cinical

specially this man who gets pissed of by chomsky's calm stance

[cmarcallen]

That thing Buckley does with his hand at 2:48 followed by the wink looks so snobby, but like someone else said, entertaining to watch. You just don't see debate like this anymore.

[towneslives]

does anyone else think buckley has massive hands? i know it's not exactly relevant, but still, fucking huge.

[xtrmsprts]

chomsky got mad new york left-wing jewish pussy after this night, he was fucking brandeis university sororities for 5 years after this appearance. no wonder chomsky alive and bill buckley's dead in a box.

[DeePhlat]

Buckley sounds like Jim Varney's old woman character

[elnegrobembon]

it seems like buckley is suggesting that the US invaded and warred with vietnam to somehow prevent a holocaust...

well, in hindsight, after 2-4+ million vietnamese killed during that war, it seems like the US failed miserably... of course, that's if one is naive enough to think that was truly the motive in the first place...

[baggaroo]

Ugh. Buckley is extremely slimy and mistakenly condescending.

[DraconianKindness]

I really like both these guys :) I like Chomsky for his ideas and I like Buckley because he's entertaining to watch ;)

[JeremysVideos2]

@DraconianKindness Yeah,mee too! Even though I lean pretty far left I do respect Buckley as a host, debater and political thinker. And he is pretty entertaining to watch. Last time I checked there was no full episode but watch the opening of Michael Harrington on W.F.Buckley's Firing Line... at one point Buckley says: "If your point is that people need to eat I'll concede it." that cracked me up, it really did.

[CorrbriasReloaded]

William F. Buckley was a jackass but at least he wasn't also a retard like George W. bush, Sarah Palin, and Glen Beck.

[gulshabbo]

@CorrbriasReloaded Hear, hear. Buckley was bright, but Chomsky is brilliant.

[ClickForth]

@CorrbriasReloaded Very true. As someone much more on the Chomsky side of the spectrum, I can at least respect old-school conservatives like Buckley for their tact and willingness to argue (mostly) within the realm of fact.