Has anyone filled the void as defender of reason left by Christopher Hitchens?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoOfRog1EM
We need an eloquent defender of free speech of this caliber more than ever this election season.
>>67196268
Maybe his brother.
>>67196268
>defender of reason
>neocon
>>67196268
I didn't need to be reminded that he's dead and all we have left is his cuck brother
>>67196668
His brother is the smarter of the two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZZ96SArpuc
>>67196668
>You will never hear Hitchens talk about Charlie Hebdo, the Paris shootings, the ISIS Trump attacker, etc.
>>67196958
That's it.
I can't.
>mfw I will never experience Hitchens raping the shit out of liberals about radical islamic attacks on europe
why live?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiZPli_Pw_0
>>67197454
The next part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZOGuGv5aWA
Haven't filled the void. Sam Harris just doesn't cut it, but he helps.
Just so you know, another essay collection was released just before Christmas which I'm reading. Have already reread Love, Povery, and War.
I hate making these threads where everyone watches, no one keeps it alive.
>>67198109
Any good Sam Harris videos? Haven't heard of him.
He was a neocon hack. Also amazing stupid on economics. He was best at defending 1st amendment though
>>67198667
There's shitloads on Youtube. He is a bunch of stuff on religion, free will, meditation and morality
One name:
Douglas "kebab remover" Murray
>>67198667
Yeah, lots on youtube. Plus he has a fairly regular podcast on his website. He took a lot of shit for not modifying his position on Islam in the last couple years. And he's remained steady and eloquent throughout the process.
If you're bored tomorrow afternoon, watch his 3-hr interview with Cenk Uygar. It will make you hate Cenk because he keeps conflating and using red herrings throughout the interview and never actually admits anything and Sam Harris is polite enough to allow the conversation to move forward.
>>67199474
Indeed
>>67199100
His neocon positions were direct consequences of his hatred and mistrust of Islam. He himself cited three major reasons for his support of fighting radical Islam in the mideast:
>The fatwa against Salman Rushdie
>9/11
>Iraq's multiple human rights violations.
>>67200193
I regret not going to see Rushdie speak at my school some time back.
Guess it's time for Hitchens to rest once more. Sleep tight.
>>67200916
Yeah, he was in my city about two weeks ago but it was sold out before I even heard about it.
>>67203477
Damn good to hear he's still going at least.
Wasn't really a neo-con.
>>67196582
He shilled for a war because he recognized that at some point, yeah we need to get tangled with the middle east before they get a bomb. So fuck it. They were temporary allies if anything. But he was no neo-con.
>>67196268
His opinions were shit, he was a marxist in case you forgot, and the only remarkable thing about him was his moral courage and gin swilling persona.
So his modern counterpart would be Milo.
>>67196268
>Defender of reason
>gets rekt in every debate, even by atheists admissions.
https://youtu.be/4KBx4vvlbZ8
To reiterate, Hitchens is based on almost every single issue. He is the superior Hitchens despite what God-cucks think. Only they think the one with his nose high in the air was better.
Christopher was the king of BTFOing everything that moved.
Sam really likes to hear himself talk. Which is fine because he makes sense most of the time and is deeply against Islam.
I dislike the "reformation" of Islam that's being preached by people like Ayaan Hirsi Ali. It's a capitulation on the subject and allowing it to exist. She still knows the horrors of it and thinks it is utter bullshit.
Fuck though
Seriously
Hitchens would tear shit up right now on a whole new level.
Migrant crisis. Muslim attacks. Trump. Bernie. Hillary. Holy fucking fuck. He would incinerate all of them and he would actually tell the media exactly why Trump is rising.
By the way, how does /pol/ think about Dinesh D'Souza? Not sure if he's in a similar category.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXZ-whusxY
>>67196268
Fuck that "black people deserve reparations" piece of shit.
And I'm a half-nigger!
>>67196668
His brothers a good man. No brothers are the same man, and no one should expect them to be. My brother is similar to me but greater than in many regards. Good men are hard to come by, and let us hope his brother helps us fight the evil that is PC culture.
>>67196268
Just because a person with an English accent sounds eloquent, doesn't mean he is. When I read Hitchens' work, I can't help but see a man with a complete irrational hatred of religion and its followers. He honestly believes, written in his books, that religion is responsible for every evil act, all immoral thoughts, and the source of humanity's problems: past, present and future.
I'm not religious, but it's difficult to imagine Hitchens' worldview resembling anything of reason. You can't be reasonable by claiming the source of all humanity's problems is founded upon the single lie known as religion. Sorry, it just doesn't work that way.
Humanity is more complex than that. A brief review of human history would indicate, that if there's something plaguing humanity, it's the State and the control they have over the common man. Hitchens is correct to say Islam, Christianity, and Judaism can be a risk to humanity, but there are more exceptions to his claims than there are examples.
I know numerous Christians and Jews who are more morally virtuous than me, in act and in spirit. I don't stay up in the night wondering what the Amish are planning, or what nefarious intentions my local synagogue has in store for the world.
If Islam reforms, just like how Jews view their 613 commandments, their practices and beliefs, I'm sure humanity would be able to carry on without the needless violence. Hitchens' advocates the complete destruction of over 1.6 billion people. It's just not possible.
>>67206491
His anti-Hillary movie is coming out this summer. Will it affect her campaign?
>>67207661
>complete destruction of over 1.6 billion people. It's just not possible.
I'm sure we can work something out.
>>67205918
No, he supported the war because killing Saddam would be good for the Kurds, and he's butt-buddies with Kurds because a lot of Kurds are commies, socialists or some other profess to some other form of leftist collectivist fuckery.
>>67196268
He was a gadfly and a dick. Completely inconsistent and just enjoyed stirring up shit for the hell of it; in other words, completely useless.
In case you haven't noticed, God kills the most obnoxious trolls, people like Andy Kaufman, Bill Hicks, and Christopher Hitchens, with rare, painful cancers.
>>67209591
Then why hasn't he killed you yet?
>>67196268
I miss him a lot. He was so fucking red-pilled when it came to Islam. All we have now is Bill Maher and Sam Harris, but they don't hold a candle to Hitchens' brilliance.
>>67198667
start with this article on his site. i dont think it's an adwall
https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/sam-harris-the-salon-interview
Also his third appearance on Joe Rogan might give you a good idea. I knew him before a bit but that made me really get into his stuff.
>>67207661
It's important to take into account that his irrational hatred with religion and the belief it is responsible for all evil acts fits in with his life-long communist worldview.
holy shit just checked Harris' site to give someone a link and HE POSTED THE FUCKING AZIZ PODCAST
I KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TOMORROW
>>67196268
He was a syphilitic, dishonest, vapid pseudo-intellectual, and I'm glad he's finally burning in Hell where he belongs.
>>67196958
God damn Hitchens is drunk as fuck in this video fucking lmao
And he is STILL eloquent enough to provoke thought. A true Orator
>>67196268
No
He was the last barrier of common-sense influence in the major political system.
People who don't like him are religious. He was completely superior to his brother but people supported his brother.. because they're religious.
>>67212147
This. His vacancy has made these morons more rabid on the left.
Trash talk fedoras all you want, he was part of the wall that kept the regressive left at bay. Now the only people of any stature left to push back are religious demagogues.
>>67206491
No comments?
>>67212930
>>67213083
But is his brother still any good?
>>67214682
I like him, he's a great speaker and presents some very nice arguments for his beliefs
Has Hitchens ever been btfo in a debate? I remember Tariq Ali giving him a hard time once about his stance on war (don't really remember what the topic was), but that's about it.
>>67216373
Hitchens has been stumped even less than Trump.
