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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #30 on Dec 16, 2011, 12:34pm »
Eh, I was never a Hitchens fan. He was really just too much of a dick for my tastes. Everything he said was as deliberately controversial and confrontational as possible, and he dismissed, denigrated, and despised anyone who so much as dared to suggest a differing opinion.

In many ways he was a fundie: utterly certain he was right no matter what anyone else might say or what evidence might be presented against him, utterly disdainful of anyone holding a different view, arrogant, self-righteous, and elitist. The fact that he wasn't religious didn't matter.

That said, I did respect him for his intelligence and passion. I just wish he wasn't such an asshole about it.
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #31 on Dec 16, 2011, 12:37pm »

Dec 16, 2011, 12:26pm, priestling wrote:
Pro-Bush and all his policies.


'all' his policies? so you have proof he was pro- faith programmes then?
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« Reply #32 on Dec 16, 2011, 12:49pm »
Okay, bad phrasing on my part. Most of his policies.
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« Reply #33 on Dec 16, 2011, 12:51pm »

Dec 16, 2011, 12:49pm, priestling wrote:
Okay, bad phrasing on my part. Most of his policies.


have you any proof? i dont recall him saying anything about economics and socially he was very liberal.

conservativism doesnt begin and end at the iraq war.
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #34 on Dec 16, 2011, 1:02pm »

Dec 16, 2011, 12:34pm, the sandman wrote:
Eh, I was never a Hitchens fan. He was really just too much of a dick for my tastes. Everything he said was as deliberately controversial and confrontational as possible, and he dismissed, denigrated, and despised anyone who so much as dared to suggest a differing opinion.

In many ways he was a fundie: utterly certain he was right no matter what anyone else might say or what evidence might be presented against him, utterly disdainful of anyone holding a different view, arrogant, self-righteous, and elitist. The fact that he wasn't religious didn't matter.

That said, I did respect him for his intelligence and passion. I just wish he wasn't such an asshole about it.


So kinda like Richard Dawkins?
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #35 on Dec 16, 2011, 2:46pm »
Even great minds can hold stupid opinions.

How do you think fundamentalist Christianity got as popular as it is? It wasn't because the leaders were derping their way through life.
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« Reply #36 on Dec 16, 2011, 5:10pm »
Had a drink of Johnny Walker Black in his honor. No one can replace you, Christopher.
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #37 on Dec 16, 2011, 5:33pm »

Dec 16, 2011, 9:40am, dietcokewithlemon wrote:
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I didn't exactly like him either, and I certainly wouldn't call him a "hero", but I can still respect the fact that he maintained his integrity in the face of death.

Quite frankly, I don't see how your post is any better than the fundie vulturing we routinely criticize.
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #38 on Dec 16, 2011, 6:27pm »
While I may take issues with his approach, I respect his arguments and integrity.

Rest well, brother.
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #39 on Dec 16, 2011, 7:03pm »
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Hitchens said some pretty stupid things, but he also said some pretty great things. It's intellectually dishonest to reduce someone to only their worst deeds while ignoring what good they've done.
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #40 on Dec 16, 2011, 7:55pm »

Dec 16, 2011, 2:42am, nightangel1282 wrote:
Oh fuck, I didn't even THINK of how the fundies were going to react to the news... Be prepared for mainpage worthy quotes to abound on the internets...


That was one of my first thoughts when I entered this thread. You know how they love being vultures.
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #41 on Dec 16, 2011, 10:20pm »
Mom kinda pissed me off on this, giggling at one of those right-wing nutjobs saying "boy will he be surprised" - she's not fundy but she devolves into fundy-mode sometimes and we always end up fighting over it. She dislikes Hawking now once she learned he was an Athiest, she thinks he's "bitter" - I think I just lost all respect for her.
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #42 on Dec 16, 2011, 10:47pm »

Dec 16, 2011, 6:36am, itachirumon wrote:

Dec 16, 2011, 3:22am, Rat Of Steel wrote:

Dec 16, 2011, 3:20am, lighthorseman wrote:
Christopher Hitchens accepts Christ on his death bed.
http://www.christianforums.com/t7616557/


As fundies are oh-so-fond of asking others, so shall I ask of them:

"Were you there?"


-Screams with rage- I keep forgetting that one - that campus fundy I mentioned in F&B used that one too. RIP Mr. Hitchens, I'm sorry this world was so fucked up.


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Christopher Hitchens died after his long battle with cancer, just a few hours ago. Luckily, he accepted Christ and repented his Athieism before he passed[/in before the liars for Jesus]


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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #43 on Dec 16, 2011, 10:54pm »
That gif is for me? -confused-
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Re: Christopher Hitchens has passed.
« Reply #44 on Dec 17, 2011, 12:55am »
I think it's for the gits over at RR.
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