Christopher Hitchens on Thomas Jefferson, KQED Radio (5/5)

[zytigon]

Hitchens, ' God is not great' is one of my favourite books. For similar great thoughts try Dan Barker, John W. Loftus, Robert M Price, Valerie Tarico, Victor Stenger, Bart Ehrman, Ken Humphreys, Richard Carrier, Ken Pulliam, Keith Parsons, Gary Greenberg, Robert Ingersoll, Thomas Paine, Mark Twain, Earl Doherty, Israel Finkelstein, Daniel Dennett, C Dennis Mckinsey, Joseph Wheless, Bertrand Russell, Sam Harris

[FreeInquisition]

Very good discussion.

[Naked4Jesus]

Thanks for uploading this, I love watching all this Hittchens.

[QuasiRandomViewer]

Can someone help me with the French?

5:48 -- "... and also the prevailing ??? atmosphere?"

[Andraste77]

@QuasiRandomViewer

Bien pensant? ...bien=good, penson= thoughts...so 'good thinking' or 'right thinking'?

That's what I think I heard, anyway.

[QuasiRandomViewer]

Thanks, that makes sense.

bien pensant

From French bien pensant, literally well thinking.

1. right-thinking, orthodox, conformist.

[tiocfaidharla1]

Do bear in mind it is a derogatory term. Taking it literally makes it seem equivalent to, say, 'perspicacious'. This is incorrect - it is intended rather as synonymous with 'sanctimonious' or 'reactionary'.