I agree with @amlamey that there's much in Hitchens worth recovering (I'd say the literary essays & pre-9/11 political writing), but I also think any widespread revival is unlikely (the current revival is timed by anniversary of death & pushed by longstanding partisans of CH)
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Charlie “Kirk however is already an influential figure with a large platform. It is therefore more effective to expose his audience to opposing arguments.” Hitchens would have swatted CK away so easily. All I can do is write a blog.
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not very good at spelling mark fisher's name correctly
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I wrote about Hitchens in my book about evil. His use of that word separated him from other leftists who couldn’t stomach moral clarity.
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Using the word "evil" doesn't mean you have moral clarity.
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I don't like his drinking which stokes political passions in a dangerous/rocket fuel way. Hitch became a slave to the hydraulic lift of being a contrarian
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I dunno, there's a lot of silly "not the the _woke mob_ today" grandstanding in that piece.
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