Comments on: Hitchens debates Sharpton. Both lose. http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/ Homo homini rodentius est Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:20:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: SD http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/#comment-2751 SD Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:17:42 +0000 http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/#comment-2751 Aatom, Masturbatory schadenfreude is classic. I gladly plead guilty to so exotic a construction ;-) If people are harsh on Hitchens it is only, I think, because he's one of the few larger than life intellectual figures left in our increasingly trivial culture and we want him to live up to our expectations. Aatom,

Masturbatory schadenfreude is classic. I gladly plead guilty to so exotic a construction ;-)

If people are harsh on Hitchens it is only, I think, because he’s one of the few larger than life intellectual figures left in our increasingly trivial culture and we want him to live up to our expectations.

]]> By: Aatom http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/#comment-2750 Aatom Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:33:18 +0000 http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/#comment-2750 I can see your point here, but I think Hitchens-bashing has become a somewhat masturbatory exercise in schadenfreude recently. I still find his prose muscular and erudite, and continue to enjoy almost everything that he writes. I can see your point here, but I think Hitchens-bashing has become a somewhat masturbatory exercise in schadenfreude recently. I still find his prose muscular and erudite, and continue to enjoy almost everything that he writes.

]]> By: SD http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/#comment-2696 SD Tue, 15 May 2007 01:08:40 +0000 http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/#comment-2696 Thanks, Michael. He's brilliant, but arrogant -- pride goeth... etc., etc. Thanks, Michael. He’s brilliant, but arrogant — pride goeth… etc., etc.

]]> By: Michael http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/#comment-2695 Michael Mon, 14 May 2007 03:04:56 +0000 http://www.ratdiary.com/2007/05/13/hitchens-debates-sharpton-both-lose/#comment-2695 I too feel the pity rising. That last para. is so satisfying, Christopher has had me too upset to think clearly. I feel better now. I too feel the pity rising. That last para. is so satisfying, Christopher has had me too upset to think clearly. I feel better now.

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