InsulatedSynapse's channel

Those who knew about Joseph Kony before this video have already experienced many of the emotions this video evokes. What this video offers those people is a direction.

@SlaughterMeister I wish the best for you in your struggles. Deconversion (nicely done, if you coined the term) is never, ever easy.

@Allocator2008 I believe it's a pin of the Kurdish flag. Hitchens displays it as a sign of solidarity with the Kurdish people (the purportedly largest ethnic group in the Middle East that has no nation of its own). Supposedly (according to Hitchens), the Kurds have their own government and cont...

Holy Fucking Hitchslap.

Excellent work with the music at the end. The choice of voiceover was impeccable.

I will never tire of seeing the expression on Anne Widecombe's face when the final tally is announced. Joy can be found in the misfortune of others, indeed.

Hitchens understands the rules of debate so well that he knows how they can be stretched or even broken. No one else apparent in the room even knew the rules well enough to follow them.

One of the most reasonable, logical, unapologetic, concise conservatives out there in a strong field of nutcases.

The only time I've felt his intelligence had fallen out from underneath him is when he said he'll vote Republican just because he's a member of the party (his "reasoning" being that ...

@iamFegor He is entitled to his own facts. His verbal sleight of hand is amazing. Every time I see D'Souza attempt refutation of others' facts, his smoke-and-mirror routine is incredible whether he creates his own facts or distorts the comparison into an apples/oranges disputation. He is also ...

The sad thing is that the guy who asked about the brink of death and God's greatness probably has no idea how his question is a non sequiter--and never will.

@CosmicGrounds Also, this is trolling: "If you don't accept Jesus into your life, you're going to hell."

Most people get nervous in front of a crowd and may freeze. Fewer people impulsively engage in verbal diarrhea. I would dedicate this video to verbal diarrhea and Hitchens's solution to it: "I move we take that as a statement. Next. NEXT."

@DrDopehat Public speaking comes naturally to few. Most have a problem with saying too little or not knowing what to say. Others drown in a pool of verbal diarrhea.

@hugoegbert79 Exactly. Morally reprehensible indeed. Your tone implies that you're disputing my point, but your words reinforce it. I wish it hadn't taken us so long to get around to removing Hussein. Now we have a longer trail of grievances against us than we would have if we'd done it the f...

Indeed, the service many put into archiving interviews and Q&A of all kinds of people _must_ be commended. It helps me nurse my way through the weekday doldrums.

Dang, some of you people are so wet for Hitchens. I admire Hitchens's skill, but to deny Tharoor's capacity for careful thought and well worded ideas is foolish blindness at best and exclusive cultism at worst. Such blind admiration is detestable not only by me, but most likely by the subject a...

@omiolo How obliging of you to bring up women. I know what the LDS believe about women: While a man is given priesthood, woman is given the wonderful gift of a womb. I'm not sure why you're suddenly talking about salvation. I thought we were on about the priesthood.

And while we're talking ab...

@USASecretHistory It's not on the front page of CNN or FOX, to be sure. However, there is plenty of media which can be used to educate one's self on Al Qaeda or the Taliban. It's fine to question, but my issue comes in when Mos Def questions those from whom he says himself he doesn't trust an a...

At least the irrational, misinformed argument has taken into account a few facts and are *trying* to appeal to logic. Their argument has improved since the 1950's. It is still full of Harry J. Anslinger's propaganda, which he created while taking money from DuPont. Marijuana is less addictive ...

I regularly hear about this 1.4 billion Muslims on the planet that are peace-loving. That's using as broad of a brush as when it's said that Islam is not a religion of peace and suicide bombers/fatwa supporters are the norm. I'd like to see the Muslim moderates speak up about the evils of Islam...

"A day without Rush Limbaugh is a day without sunshine," and two very intelligent, well-informed men burst into laughter.

@Hardlyjoking67 Not as a rebuttal, but as an earnestly curious question: if you and your denomination believe that good non-Christians should go to heaven, what, in your point of view, is the point of Christianity and why _might_ you proselytize or do missionary work?

@brainwashedmasses Good question. I've watched this compilation a few times and am often left wondering not only why these clips were chosen, but also why they are brought in with no context. The repetitive clip strikes me as a little condescending, though I see no congruence between them and t...

Has anyone else noticed that typically when Hitchens is on FoxNEWS, he appears sullen and quite wasted? He claims that part of the reason he drinks is to make others more interesting. I wonder if his level of drunkenness correlates with his anticipated level of boredom.

Did anyone else notice that sneer of contempt Hitchens cast into the audience before pulling from his glass at the very end? It's no wonder the woman looked so busy. The tension onstage was probably nearing the unbearable.

@sarissaki I'm interested in a possible connection. However, I've heard accounts that Joseph Smith ordained black men into the priesthood though they weren't allowed to do more in the temple other than baptisms for the dead. I remember reading that JS was even an abolitionist and ran for POTUS ...