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"NOW, is Hitchen, as an atheist, ready and willing to assume personal responsibility for all the crimes against humanity committed in the name of atheistic philosophies, mainly Communism?"

All theists are not alike. Christians should not be blamed for the excesses of Muslim fundamentalists.

Similarly, all atheists are not of one mind. I doubt that Hitchens is a fan of Stalinist or Maoist communism.

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I doubt that Hitchens is a fan of Stalinist or Maoist communism.

Maybe not now, but he did start out as a Trotskyist.

Quite recently (2005-6), Hitchens described himself as a Marxist and expressed admiration for Lenin and Trotsky, at least according to Wikipedia.

Even if you leave Stalin out of the picture, Lenin and Trotsky have a lot to answer for.