tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post5315211956942308448..comments2024-01-14T12:04:49.488-05:00Comments on Behind the Lines: Poetry, War, & Peacemaking: On the Death of William F. Buckley, Jr./Talking with Allen Ginsberg & Noam ChomskyPhilip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-74418585414680531702008-03-01T09:17:00.000-05:002008-03-01T09:17:00.000-05:00I know, know. I know. Hard to feel the same way ...I know, know. I know. Hard to feel the same way about Buckley than one feels about O'Reilly, but then I wonder whether it's just some residual class fetishism on my part--that veneer of intellectualism that apologizes for brutality. Whereas Avraam Noam Chomsky sounds like a good Catholic, with all that talk of guilt!Philip Metreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-50089089593685980272008-02-29T23:34:00.000-05:002008-02-29T23:34:00.000-05:00Buckley certainly had a greater intellect than his...Buckley certainly had a greater intellect than his descendants in today's conservative punditry, but the second Chomsky clip shows the techniques he taught them -- flooding the interviewee with words, feigning a bemused, what?-I-hadn't-heard-that surprise when the interviewee comes to a central fact, and above all projecting the haughty dismissiveness of those who argue from a position of power.<BR/><BR/>All are the coin of the realm today, although these days you get bonus points for braying like a jackass and affecting the Peglerian an'-if-you-don'-like-it-I'm-gunna-punch-you-<BR/>inna-mouth demeanor, whereas at least Buckley <I>sounded</I> like a civilized person.Chaerephonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560454800266555074noreply@blogger.com