[Lorianne]

Mr. Hitchens has really gone after Ms Palin hammer and tongs in his last two Slate pieces. Her faith irks him no end. Here he is called to task for it ... from a fellow athiest!

[anniegetyourgun]

He is blinded by his hatred.

[Rocko]

Hitchens remains a Socialist fool.

[Sans-Culotte]

He’s a liberal who kinda/sorta got the war on terror. He’s over, now.

[Soothesayer]

Hitchens still has a broom up his arse. That’ll do it.

[Mad_as_heck]

Hitchens, like most leftists, is drawn to the left by a belief that earthly paradise can be built through socialism. Socialism is based on ideas that can never work in a world populated by actual human beings.

People who choose to believe in the impossible need a scapegoat when the dream fails. Religion is Hitchens’ choice. If he didn’t have someone to blame he’d have to give up on utopia.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

Socialism is Hitchens’ religion.

And this is true of Marxists generally. The functions of the Deity have been assigned to “History” with a capital “H”. There is an unreasoning faith that ineluctable dialectical forces are supposed to result in a classless society. And when they don’t do what they are supposed to do, the vanguard has to help them along with a little revolution.

It is a blind faith in philosophically postulated principles that are completely contrary to everything that has been learned of human nature in historical experience.

This is why Marxists are so ignorant of, and dismissive of, basic economic principles. Economics studies what choices people free to choose will make in reality. To a Marxist like Hitchens, that is beside the point.

Hitchens, in his mind, made a marriage of convenience with those who love freedom in order to fight Islamic fascism.

But when a crypto-commie proto-tyrant like Obama comes along, he throws reason to the wind and goes back to following his heart.

[Chgogal]

BTTT

Allegra and Neverdem, this is a good and satisfying read. I think you will enjoy it.

[PGR88]

I think Hitchens became lonely after being excluded from left-wing dinner parties for these past years.

[jwalsh07]

When one puts their faith in slovenly drunks rather than the Lord they are inevitably disappointed.

[DoughtyOne]

Isn’t it interesting that one of the things Christopher and other atheists hate about Christians is their supposed hate. And then Christopher spews it toward a Christian.

Sad really...

[corvus]

This treatment of Aunt Sarah is a little surprising. Seems I read a Hitchens essay within the year that excoriated 'The One' for his affiliation with Rev. Wright and his so-called church.