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I Wish Christopher Hitchens Were Alive Today
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:46 am
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:46 am
As the greatest intellectual of our time I am genuinely curious as to his thoughts on the current state of America. I may try to go to a medium this week to see if I can connect with him to get his feedback.
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Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:47 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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As the greatest intellectual of our time
Stopped reading.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:49 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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As the greatest intellectual of our time
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:49 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
he'd have more to say about a pederast working as an editor at vanity fair.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:49 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
You're a strange guy OWSA
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:52 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:I do, too. Him coming back from the dead, he can tell us, in fact, there is a Hell!
I Wish Christopher Hitchens Were Alive Today
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:56 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
It's a tragedy he and Carlin didn't live to see 2016. I'd go so far as to say Hitchens may have been enough to secure Bernie's nomination, since I'm almost certain that's who he would have voted for and would have been on every talk show in the country to try to make sure Hillary did not get the nomination. If the election still went the way it did, I would have loved to have heard from these two.
This post was edited on 12/19/16 at 10:01 am
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:57 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Yeaaa for some reason I don't see him being very popular around here. He pretty much shut down any person that tried to debate him on religion but in a very eloquent way. Once in a lifetime intellectual and debater. Will be drinking a Johnny walker black in memory.
Translation here- Man in red spandex and tail is now poking him with giant fork.
Translation here- Man in red spandex and tail is now poking him with giant fork.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:58 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
you can get a good feel by listening to the big New Atheist guys
i suggest Sam Harris and Dave Rubin
they align a great deal with Hitchens
i suggest Sam Harris and Dave Rubin
they align a great deal with Hitchens
Posted on 12/19/16 at 9:59 am to OMLandshark
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It's a tragedy he and Carlin didn't live to see 2016. I'd go so far as to say Hitchens may have been enough to secure the nomination, since I'm almost certain that's who he would have voted for and would have been on every talk show in the country to try to make sure Hillary did not get the nomination.
i'd love to see Hitch and Sam Harris discuss the election
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:00 am to olddawg26
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Yeaaa for some reason I don't see him being very popular around here. He pretty much shut down any person that tried to debate him on religion but in a very eloquent way. Once in a lifetime intellectual and debater. Will be drinking a Johnny walker black in memory.
I think everyone here would love him during the Primaries destroying Hillary. General election... probably not as much, but no man ever hated or slammed the Clintons more than Christopher Hitchens.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:01 am to OMLandshark
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but no man ever hated or slammed the Clintons more than Christopher Hitchens.
yeah but i don't know if he could go MAGA (like Sam Harris)
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:02 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:I just can't get comfy listening to an avowed Atheist.
As the greatest intellectual of our time I am genuinely curious as to his thoughts on the current state of America.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:03 am to SlowFlowPro
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yeah but i don't know if he could go MAGA (like Sam Harris)
Yeah, I don't think he would either. Nothing Hitchens can say about Trump can damage him more than what Trump himself said, so I think Hitchens primary resolve would be to get Bernie nominated, and then go after Trump from there. He'd only be liked here during the primaries.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:03 am to OMLandshark
I completely agree. I'm well aware of his opposition to the clintons. But would he go so far as to support trump? I honestly don't know. It's a very interesting question. When trump does something stupid half the country says he's trolling and laughs nervously with each other. Hitchens would have definitely had an issue with that. Of all the stuff I've seen and read from him, I don't know who he would end up supporting. Maybe neither.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:04 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:No love for Dinesh??
i suggest Sam Harris and Dave Rubin
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:05 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
More of a Hunter S. T fan myself
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:06 am to OMLandshark
hitchens was just off the charts brilliant, but I think way too much weight was given to his opinions
there are a lot of smart people, he was different because he was interesting. I don't think he ever had a conversation with someone where he wasn't interesting.
there are a lot of smart people, he was different because he was interesting. I don't think he ever had a conversation with someone where he wasn't interesting.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:07 am to tigerpawl
Lol the same dinesh the guy who made a prediction movie about an entire year that never came true about a man he never met? Nah I'll stick with hitchens in the fact zone.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:08 am to olddawg26
The right Hitchens brother died.
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