I think that it is time that someone told the truth about this man; and I am just the person to do it.
It seems that Reason magazine wants to turn this man into some sort of a saint:
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens died on this date two years ago. Hitchens was the model of a public intellectual. He was certainly public in his positions and arguments, which allows for anyone interested to assess a person’s arguments. And he was intellectually honest in a way that is uncommon, with many (most?) thinkers curtailing their views if they threaten a broader ideological identity. Though definitely a man of the left, Hitchens was never orthodox and ran into trouble given his positions on issues such as abortion (he was against it), foreign interventionism (he was for it), free speech deemed offensive to certain groups (he was for it), and more. While he rarely missed opportunities to offend right-wing sensibilities (he once joked about Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s clearly having started with the president was still in office), he didn’t hold back against the left, either. He had few kind words about Martin Luther King, Jr. and he dismissed Gandhi as a “poverty pimp.”
Okay, it is time that we really need to get real on what Hitchens really was: Hitchens was an Anti-Christian. Christopher Hitchens had no qualms about bashing Christians and Christianity itself. Furthermore, he supported Bush’s decision to go into Iraq. For Reason Magazine to act as if this man was a American hero for any sort is ludicrous. Then again, to actually believe that Reason magazine is actually libertarian and not really a pseudo-neoconservative magazine is also ludicrous.
The only redeeming quality of this man was that he actually spoke well. Other than that; I put this man squarely on the same page as Piers Morgan. An arrogant English prick, who when it suited him; would take a swing at American Christian culture. For this, he is not saint or hero in my book. But rather someone I would just rather forget.
The fact that Reason Magazine is even trying to put this man on some sort of a libertarian or even canonized shelf, is vomit-provoking to this writer. Which is why I really do not consider Reason Magazine an ally of liberty.
With this posting, I will be removing Reason’s RSS from this blog. Because this little stunt by their writers, is just a bit more than I can stomach.
If you want to see an example of what I am talking about, check out this video: (Warning! Language!)
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