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 Dallas the Phallus on -
That's Rushdie on the right, right? Who's the bust of?
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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on
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Smug fuckin' christians. Can't pass up an opportunity to spread their BS.
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Permalink Reply by Edward Nygma on -
Wow. How completely inappropriate. Douche.
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Permalink Reply by Robert Karp on -
I just tweeted him:
@RickWarren How incredibly disrespectful in suggesting Hitchens "knows the truth".You were no friend to him.#pompousassholeWhat a jerkoff.
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Permalink Reply by Cody R Jack on -
i hate to say this but i never really knew the man seeing as i'm still relatively new at being an atheist. but i have seen videos of him and he was like a master boxer in the ring - always had something to say that resulted in a big ZING! at the very least. plus i wanted to share something from the fellows at cyanide and happiness.
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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on
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I wasn't familiar with him either until about 5 years ago. I've never read any of his books, but have read quite a few of his essays. He's an outstanding writer.
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Permalink Reply by Edward Nygma on
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I admired him very much. His prose was, and is, sublimely enthralling. It seems to me that he possessed, at the same time, a magnificent ego and a charming tendency toward self-deprecation. I am grateful that atheism had such a tenacious champion, and that he allowed us the pleasure of reading and hearing his thoughts. I think that what I liked best about him, from my poor vantage point, is that he was the same brilliant, opinionated, fiercely argumentative, unapologetically rational man (with good taste in Scotch) to the end.
I'll have a glass of Mr. Walker's amber restorative for him, to be sure.
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Permalink Reply by Tammy on -
How do you put into words the depth of someone as great as Hitchens. He was truly a master of language and wit and the world is a darker place without him. He has left behind and intellectual legacy so profound that it will transcend the ages. With words that will continue to inspire and set free the minds of people lucky enough to pick up his books or watch his many debates. In a sense he has reached a form of immortality, the only immortality anyone can achieve.
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