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Christopher Hitchens on Hannity & Colmes about Rev. Falwell's Death

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Christopher Hitchens along with Ralph Reed participate in a debate on the legacy of the Reverend Jerry Falwell. This was recorded from the Hannity and Colmes show of 16-May-2007.More information about Christopher Hitchens (from Wikipedia):Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949, in Portsmouth, England) is an Anglo-American author, journalist and literary critic. Currently living in Washington, D.C., he has been a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Nation, Slate and Free Inquiry; additionally, he is an occasional contributor to other publications and has appeared regularly in the Wall Street Journal. His brother is British journalist Peter Hitchens.Hitchens is known for his iconoclasm, anti-clericalism, atheism, antitheism, anti-fascism and anti-monarchism. He is also noted for his acerbic wit and his noisy departure from the Anglo-American political left. He was formerly a Trotskyist and a fixture in the left wing publications of Britain and America. But a series of disagreements beginning in the early 1990s led to his resignation from The Nation shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks. He is also known for his ardent admiration of George Orwell and Thomas Jefferson, and his iconoclastic criticism of Mother Teresa.While Hitchens' idiosyncratic ideas and positions preclude easy classification, he is a vociferous critic of what he describes as "fascism with an Islamic face," and his critics have been known to describe him as a "neoconservative". Hitchens, however, refuses to embrace this designation. In 2004, Hitchens stated that neoconservative support for US intervention in Bosnia and Iraq convinced him that he was "on the same side as the neo-conservatives" when it came to contemporary foreign policy issues. He has also been known to refer to his association with "temporary neocon allies".Hitchens no longer considers himself a Trotskyist or a socialist; yet he maintains that his political views have not changed significantly. He points out that, throughout his career, he has been both an atheist and an antitheist, and that he has always remained a believer in the Enlightenment values of secularism, humanism and reason. Hitchens has launched a detailed attack on Religion in his book god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. He has also stated that, while he "was very much in rebellion against the state" during his youth, he is now "much more inclined to stress... issues of individual liberty."Hitchens became a United States citizen on his fifty-eighth birthday, April 13, 2007.Please let me know if you like the Christopher Hitchens videos. Thanks!- BerkeleyGuy

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lennylightweight (August 20, 2008 at 7:38 pm)
How on earth can these two guys host a show? Both seem to be a missing a gene or two.
breastsfortea (August 20, 2008 at 3:54 pm)
There's no such thing as an 'extreme' atheist, because there's no text to interpret in an 'extreme' fashion.There are, however, people who follow extreme political ideologies - both religious and non-religious.
hagenttzd (August 20, 2008 at 3:54 pm)
that was beautiful (wipes tear from eye). "If you gave Falwell an enema, you could bury him in a matchbox" Quote of the year. Keep up the good work Hitch!
vassekb (August 20, 2008 at 3:53 pm)
Stalin happened to be an atheist. He didn't do the things he did in the name of atheism like most religious leaders do in the name of their religion. Like the muslims killing the infidels in the name of the koran and allah! The majority of americans are believers. when Bush decided to invade Iraq he kept bringing up God. As if God agreed with his actions. If the people believe in God like most do in america the leader may very well take advantage of that and use it to get them on his side.
trac4yt (August 20, 2008 at 2:28 pm)
cana,"I don't know why intellects like Chris Hitchens and Bill Maher even appear on this show."?Intellects before God? Didn't think so.."For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain." (1Co 3:19-20):-0
andreamirelez (August 20, 2008 at 1:51 pm)
Hitchens is selling books, [making money],going on talk shows and having debates all the while putting people down who have contributed more than him. If his belief is that putting others down is wrong then why does he do the same to others. His life is based on whining about religion and attacking its followers. I see him attacking extreme believers and fake believers but oh no don't bring up extreme atheists[stalin etc.] it's a one lane street with fools like him.
Svafnir666 (August 20, 2008 at 11:34 am)
Why can`t believers, who claim that there is an invisible man up in the sky, do so?
Svafnir666 (August 20, 2008 at 11:29 am)
Yes, this might very well be true, but still the inability to discuss this matter properly is astonishing. For example: I listen to a kind of music, which you may describe as noise exposure. With this particular style of music I grew up and had a nearly perfect youth, so I still love it, accordingly it has become very personal. If you would claim, that it is nothing more than some guitars raped, I could refute that with music theory.
greenpeacefiddler (August 20, 2008 at 9:50 am)
Ha ha, poor Ralph... stuck in the middle.
SaintGermain89 (August 20, 2008 at 7:35 am)
Hannity's comments after about 6 minutes are downright ignorant. He draws a comparison between Communism and atheism that is completely unwarranted, and he uses the examples of Stalin, Pol Pot, and Chairman Mao. These men commited horrible acts, but they did not do them because they were atheists. I am quite tired of hearing this example used to degrade atheism as a philosophy. Further, Hitchen's comments are entirely accurate. Falwell was a horrid leech on society, especially American society.

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