Christopher Hitchens is my favourite leftist

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but, increasingly, in the same way that Peter Singer is my favourite animal-rights activist.

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http://www.msnbc.com/news/963359.asp

 

[FalseTodd]

Yeah. Reaction-monger Chris Hitchens.

 

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i just think he's totally consistent and right and sometimes completely divorced from morality.

 

[FalseTodd]

I find the "actively seeking the devil's advocate" thing gets irritating with frequency.

 

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i dunno, sometimes it's good so you can see the logical iteration of your own views and re-evaluate them?

 

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Yes I agree that sometimes its good. It just sometimes feels like he constantly hunts for a way to tell everyone that they're wrong at the same time. I shouldn't talk, I actually haven't read that much of his stuff.