Christopher Hitchens on Rev. Jerry Falwell's death

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Video Description: Christopher Hitchens on the Anderson Cooper 360 show talking about Reverend Jerry Falwell and his death of the previous day. Recorded on 15-May-2007.
More information about Christopher Hitchens (from Wikipedia):
Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949, in Portsmouth, England) is an Anglo-American author, journalist and literary critic. Currently living in Washington, D.C., he has been a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Nation, Slate and Free Inquiry; additionally, he is an occasional contributor to other publications and has appeared regularly in the Wall Street Journal. His brother is British journalist Peter Hitchens.
Hitchens is known for his iconoclasm, anti-clericalism, atheism, antitheism, anti-fascism and anti-monarchism. He is also noted for his acerbic wit and his noisy departure from the Anglo-American political left. He was formerly a Trotskyist and a fixture in the left wing publications of Britain and America. But a series of disagreements beginning in the early 1990s led to his resignation from The Nation shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks. He is also known for his ardent admiration of George Orwell and Thomas Jefferson, and his iconoclastic criticism of Mother Teresa.
While Hitchens' idiosyncratic ideas and positions preclude easy classification, he is a vociferous critic of what he describes as "fascism with an Islamic face," and his critics have been known to describe him as a "neoconservative". Hitchens, however, refuses to embrace this designation. In 2004, Hitchens stated that neoconservative support for US intervention in Bosnia and Iraq convinced him that he was "on the same side as the neo-conservatives" when it came to contemporary foreign policy issues. He has also been known to refer to his association with "temporary neocon allies".
Hitchens no longer considers himself a Trotskyist or a socialist; yet he maintains that his political views have not changed significantly. He points out that, throughout his career, he has been both an atheist and an antitheist, and that he has always remained a believer in the Enlightenment values of secularism, humanism and reason. Hitchens has launched a detailed attack on Religion in his book god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. He has also stated that, while he "was very much in rebellion against the state" during his youth, he is now "much more inclined to stress... issues of individual liberty."
Hitchens became a United States citizen on his fifty-eighth birthday, April 13, 2007.
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An atheist who ... ( 6 days ago by LITTLEDRUMMERBOY30)

An atheist who denies Christ's existence who calls them self a christian? Perhaps you should change your channel name to OXYMORON! That being said, I wasn't a big fan of Falwell however, the times I did hear him preach, he did preach from the scripture. Of course I give you credit. You pay more attention to Falwell than I do.

I knew you wouldn't ... ( 6 days ago by Pheenomenous)

I knew you wouldn't get it.

I love the email ... ( 6 days ago by wmd1)

I love the email comment @ 6:40
"His faith was great,even if his social views were misguided".
Believers love to say how we need faith if we are to moral.I hear this in one form or another almost daily from otherwise reasonable people.Falwell provides an example of the opposite being true.
Never forget,the 9/11 hijackers were all "men of great faith".
Divine providence is the #1 excuse for atrocities great and small.
It is always the moderates who will hold the door open for the extremists.

So that bum ... ( 5 days ago by RetroTVchanneL)

So that bum Hitchens speak of respect when he insult others (Like christian) when he says "God is not great" I ask "How dare him'? and why is ok when he expres what he feels and gets angry when Falwell express his. That's atheist nothing but a bunch of hipocrites then unless you agree with them go to hell.

Hitchens hasn't ... ( 4 days ago by dawsoninja)

Hitchens hasn't said anything bad, he's stated truth, and only truth. Falwell was a hateful bigot who declared war on all those who opposed his beliefs. I like how you call atheists hypocrites when you can't see the hypocrisy that reaks throughout your whole comment. The only thing that christians do is hate. They look down on everyone that does not share their beliefs and they feel the need to constantly share their opinions about communities that should be left. You're a retard.

Actually Hitchens ... ( 4 days ago by MrBlondeVicVega)

Actually Hitchens forgot to mention that Falwell was an open segregationist. He changed his mind after Civil Rights act passed. What an asshole (Falwell).

Falwell was a fat ... ( 4 days ago by njuben)

Falwell was a fat piece of shit.
It's a good thing he's been put into the ground never to return.
Good riddance.

Ohh so you don't ... ( 4 days ago by RetroTVchanneL)

Ohh so you don't see Hitchens hate here? What makes him right over Falwell? And why do you say Hitchens speaks truth? Because what he speaks are also your views? How convinience hehehe morons!!!!

I find Hitchens too ... ( 4 days ago by kimberleycalling)

I find Hitchens too prepared to hate and to reticent to forgive.
I don't like Falwell and his kind, but even if a hell did exist I wouldn't wish it on him. But comments about his faith? What's good about faith . . . believing in something that's invisible, whilst denying that which is visible. Religious faith is a fool's faith.

I love that opening ... ( 3 days ago by zigzagbigbag)

I love that opening comment, from Chris. A zinger right out of the gate.What make him right over Falwell? your a moron.

I hate lowering ... ( 3 days ago by zigzagbigbag)

I hate lowering myself to this but...your a DICK!

He didn't wish Hell ... ( 3 days ago by Gwynne66)

He didn't wish Hell on Falwell but rather regretted that there wasn't a Hell for him to burn in.
I feel quite certain that if Hell does exist that people like Falwell are going to be sent to the VIP section.
After all, isn't one of the biggest lessons of the Bible supposed to be that judgement is reserved for God alone? Yet Falwell and his ilk have no qualms about handing out judgement on others like candy.

Falwell was no ... ( 3 days ago by Gwynne66)

Falwell was no Christian.

"He didn't wish ... ( 3 days ago by kimberleycalling)

"He didn't wish Hell on Falwell but rather regretted that there wasn't a Hell for him to burn in."
I think that's semantics, as regretting that there's no hell for a person to burn in is the same as wishing there was a hell for them to burn in. I wasn't trying to destroy his character, I just think that Hitchens is a little intemperate at times.
You'll get no argument from me on Falwell's character though: a total hypocrite who, through his influence, brought about suffering on a large scale.

You may well be ... ( 3 days ago by Gwynne66)

You may well be right. Still, I think there's a certain irony to savor in the idea that a man who spent his adult life telling other people (he didn't like) that they were going to Hell would end up there himself.

It would certainly ... ( 3 days ago by kimberleycalling)

It would certainly be a surprise for him!
I'm still holding out hope that the "vigins" in the special paradise of islam are gay males. What a surprise for all those martyrs!

Who says they even ... ( 3 days ago by Gwynne66)

Who says they even have to be human? Virgin male pigs would be a nice surprise.

Stunning! I guess ... ( 3 days ago by kimberleycalling)

Stunning! I guess that by the time pig number 70 was going slops on them those martyrs might start to question the wisdom of the whole suicide bomber/martyr thing.

Falwell was one the ... ( 3 days ago by PikPobedy)

Falwell was one the worst of the worst. Good riddance.

falwell was as much ... ( 3 days ago by LGAofficial)

falwell was as much christian as the next guy.

If by "the next guy ... ( 3 days ago by Gwynne66)

If by "the next guy" you mean "the next guy who wasn't a Christian", then yeah...

another smart ... ( 2 days ago by RetroTVchanneL)

another smart remark by an atheist moron...MORONS!!!!!!

Fuck this ... ( 2 days ago by bootymanager)

Fuck this cocksucker! Falwell got rich of the poor and gullible, the Charlatan, cheat, fraud and asshole. Him and that cunt 'Mother' Teresa, that fanatical evil, withered crone. Why do people get sucked in by these fuckheads. Also, what's this about 'Atheist Morons'. Are you for real? Do some research.

I'm a big fan of ... ( 23 hours ago by aswisshe)

I'm a big fan of Hitchens, and I'm very impressed with Anderson Cooper for actually letting him speak. Hannity and those other idiots will just shout and try to drown him out when he says something that they don't agree with.

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