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What does /lit/ think of Christopher Hitchens?

>> No.5574139

>>5574130
God.

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>>5574130
I haven't read God is Not Great, but if you can get past the "le fedora" bullshit stigma, I think he's pretty good. I really enjoyed "Letters to a Young Contrarian" and a lot of essays and political commentary. I used to use his speeches/debates as background noise when I was working on papers, they're pretty interesting.

>> No.5574144

>>5574130
I think he's dead.

>> No.5574147
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>>5574144

>> No.5574148

>>5574130
Hes burning in hell :^)

>> No.5574149
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5574149

An articulate and intelligent man, but he got too caught up in defending the Iraq war and fedora tipping at the end of his career. His brother is similarly well read and is more relevant these days, even if he has his own similarly misguided positions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FUu6M8YQOo

>> No.5574156

>>5574130
He is a good guide and compiler of ideas because of his remarkable memory. If you want to understand something deeply, he is probably not the person to go to. He is a destroyer, not a creator.

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5574176

Prepare to feel super jealous. Here is an email he sent me a couple of months before he died:

Sir,
The idea of your service awes me (and does me too much credit). I can only tell you what you already know - about the extraordinary calibre of the people you will meet.
On a micro scale, I am honored to have introduced you to some of those authors and feel gratified that you met this. There are more minor Orwell triumphs in store.
Sincerely
Christopher H

>> No.5574199

>>5574149
>is more relevant these days
Anyone is more relevant than a dead person anon

>> No.5574304

Neocon shill

>> No.5574374

>>5574149
Damn, only by the sound I was under the impression it was his brother

>> No.5574495

>>5574130
He be in hell now, still denying the existence of God. I imagine satan giving him a good anal now and then, I believe hitch enjoys it

>> No.5574956

>>5574304
>>5574495
It's past your bedtime, children

>> No.5574965

>>5574956
It is a fact he propagated bullshit ex post facto moralizing justifications for the invasion of Iraq.

>> No.5575041

>>5574130
I adore his writing.
My only criticism is that he spent far too much time arguing against religion. I much preferred his polemics against individuals, I'm hard pressed to find anybody who does it quite so well.

>> No.5575103

>>5574965
>>5575041
Well perhaps he was about to launch into something about a particular religious individual, but realized the real target was that other major societal spook. Yes yes, poor judgment thinking the US could just waltz into Iraq and it would be like Americans in Japan after WWII, hardly a policy decision a journalist can make, and don't tell me his articles were cited to sway any policy makers, he wasn't a fucking lobbyist.

>> No.5575884

>>5574176
Story behind this?

Would have loved an email from the Hitch...

>> No.5575889

>>5574130
has he been crying?
why is he so sad

>> No.5575912

>>5574176

What a poorly written message

>> No.5575914

>>5575889
He's just high as fuck. He's always high as fuck.

>> No.5575919
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5575919

>speaks against God
>gets throat cancer

>> No.5575927

>>5575919
Only one person though. God actually kills 100% of people who spend their lives groveling before him.

>> No.5575930 [DELETED] 

>>5575927
>tips Fedora

>> No.5575967

>>5575912
Well, he was dying of cancer at the time.

>> No.5576003

good writer.

Disagreed with many of his opinions though.

>> No.5576032

>>5575967
Arent we all.

>> No.5576334

>>5575919
>somkes like a retard
>gets throat cancer

>> No.5576352

>we should kill anyone who violently enforces their ideology

>> No.5576377

Self-proclaimed Marxist who damaged it more than helped.

>> No.5576926

>>5576352
I agree with this.

>> No.5576938

>>5574149
>Peter Hitchens
Isn't he the absolute definition of Very Serious Person?