25. Hitchens himself canonized Orwell in that way. One problem with Hitchens's Orwell book is he can't admit any serious fault in Orwell.
-
-
Replying to @HeerJeet
26. The habit of creating saints, of venerating people beyond what the evidence can bear, is not exclusive to religious believers.
11 replies 65 retweets 178 likes -
Replying to @uberfeminist
Hitchens wrote a hagiography of Orwell that tried to treat him as nearly flawless. That's similar to worship of saints.
3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
-
Replying to @uberfeminist
Hitchens belief that Iraq war would lead to democracy was magical thinking on par with anything religious believers claim.
3 replies 2 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
what you say is true in the same way one can think Beyoncé concerts are kinda like Vatican city or the hajj
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @uberfeminist @HeerJeet
Hitchens was wrong about Iraq, church was wrong about Galileo, fair is fair I suppose
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @uberfeminist
Both terrible mistakes, but Hitchens's one caused many more deaths.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
The Catholic Church turned most of the Americas into gigantic shanty town. Cost the lives of 40 million.
@HeerJeet@uberfeminist1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Well, if you're going to look at all of history, sure Catholic Church has done more harm than Hitchens
-
-
Replying to @HeerJeet @unhiddenness
forget all history. Even just the years Hitch witnessed. I feel that you're shooting messenger
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @uberfeminist @unhiddenness
Kind of meaningless to compare 1 guy to organization with hundreds of millions of adherents in terms of acts.
0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.