Backstage interview with Christopher Hitchens

posted by Enzoblue 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 125 views

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He short-circuits thepundits mentioned, because he uses semantics better than than any of them, because he attacks mere words with meaning-

AND he is an Alpha with animal magnetism.....

Welcome to America, cross-ponder ex-patriot!! Would'na wanna live in a socialist police-state either!!

written by choggie

| 1 year 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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People have already forgotten that Hitchens continues to be one of the most ardent supporters of the Iraq war and the Bush neo-con agenda.

written by qualm

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Hitchens is an eloquent boobinski.

written by rougy

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"People have already forgotten that Hitchens continues to be one of the most ardent supporters of the Iraq war and the Bush neo-con agenda."

Unfortunately, I think you're right. He's really scored a huge PR victory with this book, as people seem to have extremely short memories. Much like Ron Paul, he's gotten way too much generalized credibility out of one issue.

Oh well. At least we still have beer.

written by Tofumar

| 1 year 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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Reading up on him, he's a strong supporter of 'pure neoconservatism' a la Wolfowitz and not much a supporter of the 'Bush neo-con agenda' as you put it. The Neocons don't fully accept him as he was heavily anti-Regan and he's, of course, strongly against Bush's faith based agenda. I think this requires a lot more thought than just tossing him in with the neo-cons, but if you want to lay a simple label and walk away, it's your choice.

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"Reading up on him, he's a strong supporter of 'pure neoconservatism' a la Wolfowitz. . . . .I think this requires a lot more thought than just tossing him in with the neo-cons. . ."

Now, what were you saying?

written by Tofumar

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Enzoblue, I can't take you or your hair-splitting seriously. It sounds like you've only just heard of him. I was reading Hitchens twenty years ago. I think you'll have to read back a little further to know something of him.

Tofumar, you're very right about the shortness of memories. Hitchens' new book is a transparent attempt to regain some of his former currency with the popular left. Now that his war in Iraq clearly hasn't gone as he predicted...

It won't happen though. He'll still sell books, but his audience is much different than it was.

Here's an exchange of letters for you, that you might find interesting:

http://www.zmag.org/replyhitch.htm

written by qualm

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Great reading. thanks. Didn't mean to split hairs exactly, was just softening your one liner to get more argument.

written by Enzoblue | 1 year 2 months 1 week ago | CH

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as another newcomer to Hitchens, his positions are a little unnerving - on the one hand i agree that Theist nutjobs of all persuasions are dangerous and must be opposed, but to use that as a reason for endorsing the Iraq war is weird. I assume the religious right is equally confounded, they'd love to embrace his pro-war stance but can't because he's an equal opportunity hater of all theocracies, even *gasp!* Christianity and Judaism.

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