Noam Chomsky vs William Buckley

[financeguy]

YouTube - Noam Chomsky vs. William F. Buckley Debate : Part 1 of 2

YouTube - Noam Chomsky vs. William F. Buckley Debate : Part 2 of 2


Now what's interesting about this is how civil the debate is.

Compare it to Olbermann having a shouting match with O'Reilly, or some such.

I curse God that I was condemned to live in this accursed age.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Mind you they weren't all civil in those days. Didn't Gore Vidal and someone (Buckley perhaps) nearly come to blows during some debate in the sixties?

 

[INDY500]

The footage to which you refer.

YouTube - William Buckley Vs Gore Vidal

Yes, much more civil as the conservative, William f. Buckley, was only being called a "crypto" Nazi.

Some things never change it seems.

 

[financeguy]

YouTube - Muhammad Ali talks to William F. Buckley (1968)

 

[INDY500]

It's nice to watch and hear knowledgeable people thinking on their feet (figuratively in this case as they're seated) and carrying on a debate without spinning each of their responses into a pre-rehearsed sound-bite or talking point.

 

[financeguy]

It's nice to watch and hear knowledgeable people thinking on their feet (figuratively in this case as they're seated) and carrying on a debate without spinning each of their responses into a pre-rehearsed sound-bite or talking point.

Exactly.

 

[purpleoscar]

Maybe the egos weren't so inflated then.

 

[financeguy]

Maybe the egos weren't so inflated then.

And closer to a Socratic dialogue perhaps:

YouTube - MARK LANE IS INTERVIEWED BY WILLIAM BUCKLEY (1966)(PART 5)

 

[BVS]

I think they were more civil because they were allowed to smoke on stage...

 

[purpleoscar]

Yeah I like Socratic dialogue in that the host doesn't necessarily have full control and it becomes much more up to the viewer to decide who won. In a political debate there's always smoke and mirrors and sometimes a dumbing down to pander to viewers. With non-politicians there's more freedom on viewpoints.

 

[Muldfeld]

I lost all respect for Buckley and any supposed principles upon which he claimed to base his views when he supported George W. Bush all the way. I hope he rots in hell.

 

[purpleoscar]

George Bush > Al Gore for me.

 

[Diemen]

I hope he rots in hell.

You've always been one to check your emotions at the door when making a point.

 

[financeguy]

You've always been one to check your emotions at the door when making a point.

What?