Buckley's strategy was to deploy markers of American snobism and coded racism, presuming a kinship and clubbishness with his Oxford audience. They didn't buy it. Buckley, so used to lording it over his crowd, failed to read the room.
Baldwin spoke from and about his personal experience. He did not directly argue his side of the debate, as much as demonstrate its truth.
Buckley's strategy was to deploy markers of American snobism and coded racism, presuming a kinship and clubbishness with his Oxford audience. They didn't buy it. Buckley, so used to lording it over his crowd, failed to read the room.
Baldwin spoke from and about his personal experience. He did not directly argue his side of the debate, as much as demonstrate its truth.
Buckley's strategy was to deploy markers of American snobism and coded racism, presuming a kinship and clubbishness with his Oxford audience. They didn't buy it. Buckley, so used to lording it over his crowd, failed to read the room.
Baldwin spoke from and about his personal experience. He did not directly argue his side of the debate, as much as demonstrate its truth.