William F. Buckley Jr. - In His Own Words Part II

Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lpKwTG1Mcg

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[Lyle1196]

WFB was right!!! His magazine, the Natiional Review, is a fitting legacy to a life well lived. Godspeed, Bill.

[jeffhegarty]

Ideologically, I am the farthest thing from Bill Buckley (without becoming Noam Chomsky) you'll ever meet, but this is a piece, and he was a great man

[jasondelauro]

Yeah, a great noble man who threatened to punch people in the face or refer to them as "queers" during interviews and debates.

[countertreason]

Wow, a truly noble man.

[morristeflon]

William Buckley Jr. was a great, honorable man. A family man, unwaveringly true to his country and faith. A political intellectual who founded a movement that was taken from him by jackals who shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath. Unlike them, one can question Buckley's philosophies and positions, but never his character or his intellect. I'm a Democrat in my late-30's, and this tribute made me weep, because it reminded me how rare are such men as Mr. Buckley. An impeccable American.

[Runesocesius]

Buckley should be held as an example to all the conservatives of these days. I do differ from him when it comes to social issues, eventhough he gradually shifted to a moderate classical liberalism.

[Lyle1196]

Watching a snipet of an entire interview does not give you the proper perspective. Watch the whole episode available from Hillsdale College. The point of the video is to display the spectacular insight, and as it turns out, the foresight of WFB.

[NathanPBridle]

Firstly, just because somebody insults you does not mean you have to threaten physical violence or resort to personal homophobic abuse. WFB did seem to like threatening to punch people, as I said- hardly the mark of a reputable intellectual. On the point of homophobia, what is more homophobic than to call somebody 'a queer', and to knowingly 'out' somebody on national television.

[Lyle1196]

If someone called you a Nazi, and you in fact weren't one, what would you do? To insinuate that he was homophopic shows that you lack any knowledge of his writings or his career defending the individual.

[NathanPBridle]

I agree to an extent. Buckley demonstrated his homophobia by using sexuality as a term of abuse, hardly a mark of a reputable intellectual.

[pobaldy66]

@nathan,

the second time was intended to invoke the first occasion.

i question the always maxim. seems to me that the disagreement became personal, and buckley turned to bullying a known-homosexual.

[NathanPBridle]

Strange how he resorted to threats or even jokes of physical violence- always the mark of a fearful person aspiring to intellect.