Christopher Hitchens on Israeli occupation and rejectionism

[MoscowMaestro]

Christopher Hitchens - a posh-voiced numpty "atheist" who married his jewish wife in a synagogue, with the service conducted by a Rabbi. Chris agreed to everything and swore to God he'd be faithful to his wife. That's the kind of turncoat Zionist tosser that Hissy Chrissy is.

[enticingmuffin]

@MoscowMaestro oh yes, don't comment on anything in the video, instead call him a self hating jew. very logical.

[MoscowMaestro]

@enticingmuffin GO FUCK NETANYAHU'S FUCKING DICK, GREAT NEWS THAT SCUM HITCHENS DIED. I HOPE HE DIED SCREAMING IN AGONY.

[sadliali]

"Our race is the Master Race. We are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects. In fact, compared to our race, other races are beasts and animals, cattle at best. Other races are considered as human excrement. Our destiny is to rule over the inferior races. Our earthly kingdom will be ruled by our leader with a rod of iron. The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves."

— Menachem Begin – Israeli Prime Minister 1977–1983

[bigjstokes]

More recently he speaks of the Palestinians from the same position but without the same forcefulness. 9/11 would be your explanation, as well as mine.

[comanchio1976]

@bigjstokes 9/11 would be an explanation of what?

[ykoshy]

@bigjstokes It's a shame that an act committed by Saudis should curb the force behind your desire to see Palestinian liberation. Likewise, the tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children killed by American weapons/military over the past 10 years alone shouldn't mean one feels less inclined to, say, forcefully support the workers of Madison, wisconsin. We shouldn't conflate the two just because they're proximate.

[MetrazolElectricity]

@bigjstokes Absolutely not. Hitchens shouldn't be reduced to a cowardly hack whose views on one matter are prejudiced by something that is only tangentially related to it. Hitchens never once, especially since the Satanic Verses affairs, defended islamic terror. But see, you can condemn islamic terror and simultaneously speak out in support of the rights of a benighted people who are plagued by colonial forces. If he has toned down,its purely because his focus shifted to spreading atheism

[bigjstokes]

@MetrazolElectricity You say it was the Rushdie affair, I say it was 9/11. It was both, really. We're just talking about Hitchens' evolution of thinking. I wasn't "reducing" his argument. Indeed, these cases focused Hitchens' defense of Western Enlightenment and caused them to take priority over Palestine's blight. A priority that didn't negate, however.

[MetrazolElectricity]

@bigjstokes Well, it's not me who is claiming that, Hitchens has spoken many times that the satanic verses affair was his personal 9/11 wake-up moment. Anyway, I agree that Hitchens ascension to the role of the arch-atheist evangelist of the west did cause him to neglect the issue of Palestinian plight without changing his position on that issue. I can understand the pragmatism of the move. Defending Palestine isn't exactly *ahem* kosher in the western media empire.

[superhamzah85]

@bigjstokes

What? That's like saying "Northern Ireland, I am less sympathetic now because of Americas attack on Vietnam"

They're all white people.

[Corvleone]

I'd like to see how YOU people dressed in 1991... I was wearing purple sweatpants with loafers. :)

[ManDuderGuy]

Any journalist or orator can make a mistake about what tie to wear ;p

Long live the hitch.

[TenStoryLoveSong]

Nice quiff Chris! lol

[simultaneouspather]

Hitch right on the money as usual.