WHAT DID HITCH MEAN FOR YOU?
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What Christopher Hitchens meant to me cannot really be described in words. He was such an amazing human being and I cannot believe he is really gone. Over the past few months he had even exchanged emails me with me on a couple of occasions. He was truly a hero.
Christopher Hitchens was a man of courage and honor. Hitch always spoke his mind and took the fight to religious bigotry and was unapologetic about it. In addition, he was not a cultural relativist or an Islamic apologist like is the case with many atheists. He called Islamic ideology for what it truly was: totalitarianism and oppression. In addition, he was a great friend for freedom and democracy and although he was a leftist all his life, he stood and supported the Iraqi people for their quest for freedom - particularly the great Kurdish people. And as an Iranian, he was a great friend of the Iranian people and it is a shame that he was not able to see a free Iran in his lifetime. Most importantly: he was genuine and one of the most insightful and intelligent human beings I have ever heard whom possessed great insight and a realistic foresight of world problems.
I will write more on him later but he was truly a hero of mine and I don't have any other heroes. He was someone that inspired me in ways that cannot be expressed. For the rest of my life, I will try to live with his ideals and inspiration as much as I can. To be honest, right now has become one of the gloomiest and darkest days, and my heart feels empty.
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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on -
More than anything, I loved hearing him speak. His voice was always very soothing to me, and his words so well selected that I've come to reflect more deeply on how I select my own.
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Permalink Reply by Nelson on -
His command of the language was something to aspire to... still is... and will continue to be. He painted with words the way the master painters produced cherubic nudes or flowing moody landscapes.
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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on
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His command of the language was something to which it was worthy to aspire -> for he never terminated a sentence with a preposition.
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Permalink Reply by erik112358 on -
yay for making language more clunky for no reason!
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Permalink Reply by Greg Gorey on -
Cheers to Christopher. His Portable Atheist meant a lot to me when I was going through some rough times. I will never forget his courage and his wit. There will simply never be another Hitch.
to celebrate his brilliance, watch the best of Hitchslap.
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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on
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Thanks for this, Greg.
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Permalink Reply by Greg Gorey on
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np.
Cheers to a great man!
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Permalink Reply by Morgan Matthew on -
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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on
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+1
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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Keefe on -
I met Christopher Hitchens at Hay in 2008 and we spoke briefly about Carl Sagan. His intellect seemed to extend like a magnetic field from his mind. He was a touchstone for me. His words are gold in our pockets. I will miss him enormously.
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