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[Anonymous No.6360619]

>FOR SHAME! SHAME! IF ANY OTHER PERSON MADE PROPAGANDA FOR THIS HEAVENLY STALINIST RUSSIA THEY'D BE THROWN IN JAIL, AND THAT IS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE! APOLOGIZE FOR GALILEO NOW!

[Anonymous No.6360714]

How often was he drunk on stage?

Every night?

[Anonymous No.6361104]

>>6360619
>I posted it again
>my capslock key is still broken

[Anonymous No.6361109]

>>6360619
Honestly, he wasn't exactly a moral superhero himself, but pointing out the moral hypocrisy of religious people is probably the most delightful pursuit there ever is.

[Anonymous No.6361110]

>>6360714
yes, and he doesn't give a fuck about your teetotalitarianism

[Anonymous No.6361113]

>>6361109
>but pointing out the moral hypocrisy of religious people is probably the most delightful pursuit there ever is.

if you're 16

[Anonymous No.6361124]

>>6361113
>if you're 16

Not really. Are you saying it's okay that the Catholic Church rapes children, and then thinks it has the authority to decide how other people should behave?

I don't think pointing stuff like that out is a waste of time.

[Anonymous No.6361133]

>>6361124
>he is so young!!

[Anonymous No.6361135]

>>6361109
This is the edgiest shit I've ever read. Well done in reducing my personal view of someone I view as a great orator.

Wow, man.

[Anonymous No.6361137]

>>6361110
>teetotalitarianism
Pre-cooked kekalek for one!

[Anonymous No.6361138]

>>6360619

I feel like the same people that hate him on this board, are the same people who revered him when they went through the edgy atheist phase at 15-18 or whatever.

Say what you want about the guy, and there is some things its been proven he was blatantly wrong regarding (read: iraq), but it's kind of hard to dismiss:

A) his grasp of the english language/vocabulary
B) how entertaining it is watching him dismiss people
C) that he basically didn't give a shit, drank bourbon and smoked constantly until it literally killed him
D) gave maher's audience the finger and told them to fuck off regularly for being idiotic sheep who clap at everything maher says

I don't know, I feel like he gets an undeserved bad rap here, I didn't think this post was going to be as long as it is, but once I started thinking about him it became easier to defend him.

[Anonymous No.6361147]

>>6361124
>Are you saying it's okay that the Catholic Church rapes children, and then thinks it has the authority to decide how other people should behave?

Oh shit rekt, religion BTFO forever. No one can tell anyone what to do because everyone is bad. Get rekt Hegel, get rekt Nietzsche, get rekt Kant, get rekt Kierkegaard, get rekt Spinoza, Anon and Hitchens have figured everything out.

[Anonymous No.6361154]

>>6360619
You can make a caricature of literally anyone. What's your point?

[Anonymous No.6361156]

>>6361147
I'm pretty sure that's not what I said. But whatever queer.

[Anonymous No.6361199]

>>6361138
>I feel like the same people that hate him on this board, are the same people who revered him when they went through the edgy atheist phase at 15-18 or whatever.

I still like him but the same way I like a 80s bands. I pretend anything they did after 2000 doesn't exist.

[Anonymous No.6361214]

>>6361154

Underrated post.

This thread reminds me of those "ITT: We trivialize a seminal work by saying 'muh" threads.

[Anonymous No.6361228]

>>6361214
No, this is good. Simultaneous veneration/slander. I vote yes to perpetual Hitchenshit threats plz, where do I submit my /lit/vote

[Anonymous No.6361282]

Superior Hitch coming through

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9cW7dh34Q0

[Anonymous No.6361426]

>>6361282
I think this is the natural progression of Hitchens fans, you start of with the pompous, self-centered rebellious atheist asshole Christopher and then, as you mature, you become a fan of his superior Christian gentleman brother Peter

[Anonymous No.6361438]

>>6361426
I really want to send you a picture of my balls. My smelly testes is the only appropriate reaction for this comment

[Anonymous No.6361441]

>>6361426
>>6361282
Peter's shallow, prejudiced views excite in me the desire to treat him similarly with shallow contempt. To this end, I've concluded that his monobrow is more prominent than his intellect, and that I hate it as much as I hate him.

[Anonymous No.6361442]

>>6361214
>muh antimuhs

[Anonymous No.6361453]

>>6361426

Have you read any of his books? I've read The Broken Compass and The Abolition of Britain. I'd recommend the latter to anyone living in a western country, as most of it is applicable to where you live despite being focused on the UK. It's a true traditional conservative lamenting on the downfall of the UK since around the 60's.

He was on Question Time again on Thursday night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAwA-UUvNw0

[Anonymous No.6361457]

>>6361441

Which of his views are shallow and prejudiced?

[Anonymous No.6361474]

>>6361453
I've read Abolition and agree with you, I would recommend The Rage against God, at least the autobiographical part, it's a good illustration of the downfall of Britain from his personal perspective

[Anonymous No.6361478]

>>6361453
The first chapter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0rik2M1tHg

[Anonymous No.6361515]

>>6361474

I actually already have that book. I'll get round to reading it soon.

Short Breaks in Mordor is also on my list

>A compendium of in-depth reports from all over the World, including Iran, North Korea, Bhutan, Japan, Pakistan, Israel, Africa Turkey and China

He's had an interesting life. In The Broken Compass there's a large section about his experiences as a Marxist and how he was changed, amongst other reasons, after reporting in countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain. In Lithuania he was there when a rebellion broke out and Soviet tanks and soldiers shot dead a bunch of people.

Also the second clip in this is hilarious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tyixUGgVQE

[Anonymous No.6361529]

>>6361515

Short Breaks in Mordor is an ebook only by the way. He couldn't get it published. And I couldn't find a download of it anywhere.

>>6361478

Thanks m8. Didn't realise this existed. In fact I might actually listen to this rather than read the book.

[Anonymous No.6361536]

>>6361110
fucking nice

[Anonymous No.6361595]

>>6361515
>>6361529
Thanks for the recommendation, I hadn't heard of Short breaks in Mordor before.

I find his autobiographical writings and his criticisms of the modern Left very potent because he's been a revolutionary leftist himself, he knows them inside out

[twinshia No.6362093]

>>6361282
Pretty good webm.
Is it true that he votes for UKIP?

[Anonymous No.6362983]

>>6361515
>He's had an interesting life. In The Broken Compass there's a large section about his experiences as a Marxist and how he was changed, amongst other reasons, after reporting in countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain. In Lithuania he was there when a rebellion broke out and Soviet tanks and soldiers shot dead a bunch of people.

This has the same degree of coherence of saying you were a Darwinist until you visited Nazi Germany and saw all the nasty things it leads to.

But anyway that doesn't matter, like his brother he probably read a few canon texts of the british boomer Left like Deustscher's biography of Trotsky and called it a day. What I love about Peter the most is that you can watch old clips of him on youtube saying exactly the same thing over and over, including about the supposed moral decadence we live in.

[Foucault !!8WvUZxvX53M No.6362990]

>>6360619

Thank God the bastard is dead

[Anonymous No.6363007]

>>6362990
He was like the Simpsons, he had some good times but by now the bad outweigh the good, even if you still feel love for his early stuff.

I kind of miss him being one of the few mainstream figures not passively agreeing with all the lies told about about the early Soviet Union tho. I'm watching Stephen Kotkin clips on youtube and the fact he's always surrounded by emasculated liberals who never call him on the imense amount of lies he tells and omissions he makes (including Zizek) is enfuriating.