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Hitchens is confused
HItchens and his throngs of blind supporters always seem confused about the concept of freedom of speech. Freedom of speech necessitates tolerance of the expression of the most obscene and offensive views. TOLERANCE DOES NOT NECESSITATE ACCEPTANCE as Hitchens and co seem to believe. We tolerate Nazi hate speech just like we tolerate ...
Posted to Fighting Words by poyan on August 19, 2009
Hitchens lets his passion undermine his point
These rants from Hitchens have entertainment value, I suppose, but as with all of today's opinion-driven media they must be taken with a grain of salt. A lot could be written, but I'll just focus on one point here: Hitchens is mistaken to think that a failure to conflate Mormonism with Christianity indicates bigotry. The teachings of Mormonism ...
Posted to Fighting Words by ricodetroit on December 21, 2008
Vintage Hitchens destroys Gov Palin's remains
Mr Hitchens warns us of his ire with the 2 year campaign in his 1st sentence which goes far from being soured gastric juices. A manufacturing chemist who works daily with the most toxic compounds will identiy the composition of Mr Hitchins's 1st sentence for us shortly. I wish to be enlightened. Sarah Palin's remains, political & earthly, ...
Posted to Fighting Words by larry278 on October 28, 2008