My Favorite Christopher Hitchens Speech and Photos RIP

[manthasagittarius1]

Three books by Christopher Hitchens that had gone out of print will be revived in paperback and e-book, the publishers of the titles said. Twelve, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group, will release the three books on April 10. The titles are “The Missionary Position,” a study of Mother Teresa; “No One Left to Lie To,” a best-selling examination of Bill Clinton; and “The Trial of Henry Kissinger.”

[BigCanadianMan]

My two favorite things - Hitchens and DeVotchka

[nazmibest]

Hitchens lives on forever in those he inspired! Ex muslim, atheist

[schumannistic1]

can anyone put a script of that speech for me and others out there, non native English speakers? PLEASE

[WhatWouldHitchensSay]

@schumannistic1 I have interactive transcript on my page.. Be well

[rounder898]

This is probably my favorite speech of Hitchens' too, but I must disagree on one small part. Where he says "meeting the author would almost surely be a disappointment" speaking about Shakespeare. I never got to meet Hitchens personally before he passed and I'm just happy enough to know of him while he was alive, but meeting the author of God is Not Great and so many other wonderfully written books by him would certainly not be a disappointment. His works will be immortal and so will he. R.I.P.

[beaprod]

Thanks Hitchens, wouldn't be an atheist if it weren't for you. I shed a tear when I heard the regrettable news.

[MentholSnuff]

Over the past several thousand years, superstition and religion have retarded the development of humanity and science. I can only imagine the magnificence of what we could be if religion hadn't got in the way of our natural development. Hitch stood up and did what he could to make us realise this. I was born an atheist... We are ALL born atheists! It beggars my mind that people still believe that bronze-age, supernatural nonsense.

[Jeremiahdvorak1]

What can I say? This video got to me.

[thejago55]

Hitchens and Dawkins: Redefined my life. Gave me light. Ex christian pastor, Colombia.

[TheWorldFarOff]

@thejago55 : Wikipedia: Hitchens has written of his homosexual experiences when in boarding school in his memoir, "Hitch-22." These experiences continued in his college years when he allegedly had relationships with two men who eventually became a part of the Thatcher government.

[integralmath]

He did his most poetic debates after being diagnosed. It's odd to say but the lack of equipoise from short changing one candle to burn the other brighter elevated his ability to think, feel and reason through the truly important questions. I hope he experienced his death with eyes open as he wanted - just one more experience before it's all over.

The music you chose, by the way, is touching and beautiful. Thank you for channel.

[flexbrat]

and for those ill fated religious nut jobs , u need to remember by ur own teaching of free will crap etc everyone is here for a reason if u need to argue ja ja lol so if ur fake god is all powerful let him and u chew on that fact , because a stupid god or being that cant make 1 simple act that would show beyond a shadow of a doubt is NOT ! its all man made fantasies ! so screw off untill u research where an when this bibical bullcrap from !

[flexbrat]

his morality has surpassed any and all bullshit from every religious beliefs throughout history ! there will be a time when ppl wake the fck up alot are and thanx to his books/lectures and just being ! all religions are the main fact the world is fckd up today they spew crap left an right 7/24 !

[flexbrat]

good for him an person who defies the bullshit of all religions ! piss off ur comments if religious get a new view an do some research on where religions came from than comment on ur fake ass religious beliefs ! we not believe in fantasies anymore !

[InvincibleIronyMan]

BTW, if you ever meet a christian who claims he was a satanist before he was saved, just slide the name "Anton LeVay" into the conversation and see if you get a raised eyebrow or just some slight sign that said christian even knows who he was (full of childish shit as he was). Please let me know if you can find one.

[InvincibleIronyMan]

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.

[InvincibleIronyMan]

I can't express how much I would like to meet Shakespeare. I haven't been to the theater as much as I'd like, but I've seen all 37 plays, many versions of most - up to Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth: I've seen 10+ versions of each. But there's nothing on earth that could convince me that I was going to meet Shakespeare after I died just because I like and admire him so much. And I'm not like one of these lame Christians who claims to be an ex-satanist just to big-up their opinion. It's all true.

[FaganRoberts]

Thank you for posting. Outstanding. Saved to favorites.

[GoReRoTTedDeAtH]

RIP



[phroney]

Thank you Mr. Hitchens for being our champion.

[Rhythmicons]

I read that one bloger wrote "If god is real, I don't know who id be more fearful for, him or Hitch."

[Rhythmicons]

Great Job.

[deangelofaser]

George Carling,Thomas Paine,Charles Darwin,Samuel Clemens,Friedrich Nietzsche,Sigmund Freud,George Bernard Shaw,Voltairine de Cleyre,Marie Curie,Bertrand Russell,Albert Einstein,Sir Alfred Hitchcock,Ernest Hemingway,George Orwell,Gene Kelly,Olof Palme,Carl Sagan,Barry White,Douglas Adams and then to add unfortunately to this magnificent people who effected personally in my life and i would not be the same,Christopher Hitchens, may i meet you all or not,cheers love and respect,ex muslim, atheist

[VenusInFurs1015]

Amazing work. The tears ara flowin

[JRBendixen]

Just to be synical....3,2,1.. Dawahfilms and other mentally challanged people argues with a dead man.

[JRBendixen]

Damn, here I am crying a few tears. The world is a little less worth without Cristopher.

Good video.

[XDukemoothieX]

"He is immortal in the works he leaves behind...."

[priestfan81]

This is amazing and sums the great man up very well. Thank you for this. Today is a sad day. The world never fully recovers from losing minds like his. A piece of the world has died with him.

[ThePassiveFist]

I am saddened we will never see these types of moments again, but happy and thankful that we had them in the first place. Rest in Peace, and we will continue the fight you have led so bravely from the front lines.

[joslinnick]

This man changed my life. May he live on through his works, and inspire a generation of thinkers.

[donnyhubbard]

Good bye to a great man.

[Fizzgamerdragon]

Thank you for this fantastic tribute, I can think of no better eulogy