Comments on: Happy Birthday William F. Buckley, Jr!

By: Ragspierre

Ragspierre — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:12:42 +0000

I said all idiomatic accents are an affectation.

I still love you, too, poopsi…

By: MaggotAtBroadAndWall

MaggotAtBroadAndWall — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:34:50 +0000

Gore Vidal learned not to call WFB a “crypto-Nazi” on TV:

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

By: Henry Hawkins

Henry Hawkins — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:51:06 +0000

“She was criticized for her shrill voice, and so left Baltimore to study with a voice tutor in New York City.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn

Her voice is the product of voice tutoring, courtesy of Hollywood, appropos for the time period and industry.

The fact that many people spoke that way doesn’t prove it wasn’t an affectation. I also said nothing about alienating the nation, just me, and I spoke of an affected accent, not of language, good or bad.

I didn’t down thumb you and I still love you.

By: James_teh_2nd

James_teh_2nd — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:32:21 +0000

“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.” – WFB

My favorite.

By: Ragspierre

Ragspierre — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:12:11 +0000

That accent was no more affected than any American idiomatic speech.

Listen to the interviews of Catherine Hepburn and others of that generation. That is how they spoke. Watch “The Thin Man” and “After The Thin Man”. Yeah, they may have had those intonations polished by a finishing school, but it wasn’t to alienate the rest of America. It was how good language was spoken. Anybody could do it.

By: Henry Hawkins

Henry Hawkins — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:46:10 +0000

I always struggled getting past WFBs persona, which I felt was affected, with that somewhat snobby British accent thing leftover from his prep school days, don’t you know.

By: Henry Hawkins

Henry Hawkins — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:40:28 +0000

(Hmmm. How can I convince people to support the legalization of cannabis? I know! I’ll call them mass murderers if they refuse their support! That’ll work!)

By: MSimon

MSimon — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:23:38 +0000

In honor of Wm.

Cannabis cures cancer. Cancer kills 586,000 Americans every year. Every Prohibitionist is complicit in mass murder.

By: snopercod

snopercod — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:57:37 +0000

I never much cared for Buckley’s arrogant attitude. Maybe it’s the latent hippy in me LOL!

By: Not A Member of Any Organized Political

Not A Member of Any Organized Political — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:13:11 +0000

“Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) Talks Death Penalty with William F. Buckley (1968)”

He was for it. My how times have changed.

http://www.openculture.com/2012/08/truman_capote_explains_his_unconvential_death-penalty_views_to_william_f_buckley_1968.html

By: Sally MJ

Sally MJ — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:57:28 +0000

I’m always impressed by how Buckley 99.9% of the time is cordial, even with rude guests.

Kerouac is quite an uncouth Philistine.