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Old 16-12-2011, 06:44 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Old 16-12-2011, 11:34 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Yes that was a shame. I remember when he used to support the Palestinians and so on, but never supported Iraq during the US invasion.

Loved the debate he had with Galloway (which I think Galloway won).
Agreed. Fell a lot in my estimations due to his neo-con backing.

That Galloway debate was also very entertaining.
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Old 17-12-2011, 07:12 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Rip , a fine writer and exceptional orator despite a tendency of naive and incoherent leftism as well as a constant use of sensationalism. The most annoying thing being not so much about himself, but the brain dead morons who assume that everything he said must be right because of his convincing conversational skills and tendency to make opponents look stupid.
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Not bad.

The death threats against people who tweeted #GodIsNotGreat were classy too.
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Agreed. Fell a lot in my estimations due to his neo-con backing.
Glenn Greenwald bitchslaps him in this article:

Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public figure deaths - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Has the balls to break away from the "never criticise the dead" etiquette
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Old 19-12-2011, 11:49 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I never really gave him the time of day after his neo-con dalliance so I was a bit surprised at the eulogising coming from typically left-wing quarters. Complex individual I suppose.
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Why? He took on the arrogant. There's nothing so arrogant as claiming you have divine knowledge and revelation, that you're one of God's chosen people and the rest of us just didn't get the memo. I don't see why Hitchens is the arrogant one.
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I never really gave him the time of day after his neo-con dalliance so I was a bit surprised at the eulogising coming from typically left-wing quarters. Complex individual I suppose.
Yeah. That's why Greenwald's article makes so much sense. I think he was taken aback as well.
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Why? He took on the arrogant. There's nothing so arrogant as claiming you have divine knowledge and revelation, that you're one of God's chosen people and the rest of us just didn't get the memo. I don't see why Hitchens is the arrogant one.

One of the finest orators of our time, and will be missed. I didn't agree with a lot of what he said - his support for war on abstract concepts in particular - but I'd be lying if I said he didn't inspire me as well.
Whether you like Hitchens or not, you can't deny he was hugely arrogant. An almost shameless exhibitionist as well with an attitude far more extreme and pedantic than the average believer.
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Whether you like Hitchens or not, you can't deny he was hugely arrogant. An almost shameless exhibitionist as well with an attitude far more extreme and pedantic than the average believer.
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Bought myself a bit of Hitchens reading material after he died.

Letters to a Fellow Contrarion or whatever it's called was sickening in it's language and generally arrogant and self indulgent nature.

God Is Not Great is a good read thus far though. Strongly written, but good.
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Massive fan of the Hitch - RIP to my favorite debater in recent times, a real voice of reason. Very sad news.
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Old 22-12-2011, 07:41 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Classic Hitch-slap here..................... Hitchens schools a Muslim on free speech - YouTube
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