Slog - Comments on Required Viewing http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1 Christopher Hitchens on Jerry Falwell: "A conscious charlatan, bully and fraud." It's worth watching the whole thing... Via Sullivan.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 May 2007 07:22:35 -0800 Mon, 21 May 2007 11:33:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by rufus Very funny.

]]> rufus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718859 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 07:40:54 -0800 Comment by GoodGrief I tend to think Hitchens is a bit of a quack himself, but that was friggin' awesome!

]]> GoodGrief http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718888 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718888 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 08:17:52 -0800 Comment by homage to me The truth is always so refreshing.

]]> homage to me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718889 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 08:18:17 -0800 Comment by Mark Mitchell I'd say Hitchens can be a bit of a bully and a fraud as well, but he can really bring it. And he's certainly a thousand times less harmful than that fucking toad Falwell.

]]> Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718895 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 08:29:37 -0800 Comment by cat Hitchens has a column about Falwell at Slate that's pretty scathing

http://www.slate.com/id/2166337/nav/tap2/

(I hope it's okay to post this link)

]]> cat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718936 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718936 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 09:43:25 -0800 Comment by Zing! "It's a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to."

]]> Zing! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718950 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718950 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 09:53:42 -0800 Comment by Theophrastus Bombastus Hitch's appearance opposite Ralph Reed on Fox News' Hannity & Colmes last night was worth catching too. Check Youtube for it and listen closely at the end as Hitch intones, to the strains of the familiar FN muzak: "If Falwell gets an enema he'll be buried in a matchbox." That might be hard to top.

]]> Theophrastus Bombastus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718977 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 10:28:04 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA I've been saying sort of the same thing to people over the last couple of days. Only with a lot more swearing. Hitchens is much more civil than I've been able to manage. Or maybe his British accent just makes him sound more classy. :-)

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c718999 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 10:42:54 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn Let's give his bloated carcass to the chubby-chasing necrophiliacs.

Most disparaging remark I will likely make in reference to a recently deceased person today.

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719003 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719003 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 10:48:50 -0800 Comment by Gomez I dunno. He's just preaching to the choir. Funny, but hardly required viewing.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719024 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 11:10:12 -0800 Comment by SEAN NELSON, EMERITUS still the best.

]]> SEAN NELSON, EMERITUS http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719052 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 11:30:41 -0800 Comment by Al As a Christian, I think Hitchens is completely correct. Falwell etc are a extreme perversion of the Christian faith and they are the reason I'm embarrassed to call myself Christian.

]]> Al http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719070 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 11:41:00 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley Al, you may agree with hitch, but I don't think he would care much for your unperverted version of Christianity either. If you meet him at a cocktail party you will be risking your own portion of vehemence and bile.

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719115 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 12:22:00 -0800 Comment by Paul Curtin Only someone like Falwell can make me agree with someone like Hitchens!


eeeeeeep!

]]> Paul Curtin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719177 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 13:31:11 -0800 Comment by tim That's exactly right.

]]> tim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719393 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719393 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 19:53:42 -0800 Comment by imaginary dana That was incredible.

]]> imaginary dana http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719396 Religion Thu, 17 May 2007 20:01:21 -0800 Comment by Wender J. Crinklebank Mr. Curtin is exactly right: Agreeing with Mr. Hitchens about Falwell (and the former's recent book about God, or the lack thereof) is an unusual feeling. I've been watching him stump around doggedly supporting the war in Iraq for years now and thought I'd lost all respect for the man and his politics. I was surprised, given his position on Iraq, that he's turned out to be so anti-religion.

But you don't have to be an atheist to think Falwell was an Uber-Douche.

]]> Wender J. Crinklebank http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719535 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c719535 Religion Fri, 18 May 2007 05:41:31 -0800 Comment by J Williams Thanks, Dan. I don't usually agree with Hitchins, but it was probably the most accurately spoken eulogy we'll get for a very 'small man'.

]]> J Williams http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c721156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c721156 Religion Sat, 19 May 2007 14:19:00 -0800 Comment by Jim Moore So the way I figure it, the world's natural methane level has dropped -- one of its biggest assholes has just died.

]]> Jim Moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c721222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c721222 Religion Sat, 19 May 2007 16:21:40 -0800 Comment by bwdrq qvmjlhs uvxlfge jtyagdxn doltyuve dhuyplxz dhbjasqm hifusoald fzmch

]]> bwdrq qvmjlhs http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c722112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c722112 Religion Mon, 21 May 2007 11:31:49 -0800 Comment by jsnrxgfkp fytkdvuhi enybgdui ftxmzewa afrkdizb fjxirzgl mgfrb tkaqdbvx wtvheq http://www.ixpbkc.ktnodbcp.com

]]> jsnrxgfkp fytkdvuhi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c722113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/required_viewing_1#c722113 Religion Mon, 21 May 2007 11:33:46 -0800