An idiot blasting Hitchens.

[Brian37]

Just today I got into it with some asshole over Christopher Hitchens... writing shit to piss people off for no good reason.

The word you're looking for is 'contrarian'

But regardless of if you like him or not, please tell me how his sexuality has anything to do with him being right or wrong or the tatics he used?

It doesn't. This person finds homosexuality insulting therefore finds it appropriate to use as an insult. The word here is 'bigot'.

Hitchens... was being mean and hateful for no good reason.

Absolutely not. Sometimes Hitchens was mean and hateful. He felt no embarrasment in expressing hate when deserved, he was direct & clear about it when he was being so and he made no apologies for it. But he always had good reason and was articulate in his description.

<text regarding Hitchens' North Korea analogy>

Yup, it was a powerful, descriptive and quietly humourous analogy. It invoked sentiments of contempt, sympathy and derision in equal measure.

Have no fear, your thinking is sound in this regard but all in all, I think you got trolled.

I wasn't accusing Hitchens of being mean for no good reason. I am saying some people, IE the idiot that lead me to start this post and other theists and atheists who do accuse him of being mean for no good reason.

No, I did not get just "trolled", this guy didn't like Hitchens and despite what you might think there are even some atheists who are homophobes. Why even joke about his sexuality if you are merely "trolling" about sexuality? If he merely hated Hitchens just say "I think he was mean and wrong". It fucking took forever for me to finally get that idiot to that point.

But thanks, his logic was sound. I don't think the North Korea analogy was meant to be humorous though. It should be taken seriously because the god character behaves in the same way.

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Please, this is coded bullshit to maintain the status quo. Instead of criticizing me, go after them, they are the ones doing harm to other humans who do not deserve it.

Political correctness does not help the victims.

Calling someone names because they are gay is bad and he is obviously doing it to upset easily upset people like yourself, but I have got news for you, there are bigger problems going on in the world right now to rant about if you want to make a difference than people using insults.

Yes because "insults" are more important than actual human suffering.

Sorry, once again your PC mentality does not do shit to help out oppressed people. Christians, Jews, atheists and gays and non Shiites living in Iran have a right to bitch.

"Don't use insults" is your well intended evolutionary sense of empathy. Unfortunately that blanket solution gives the offended the right to hide behind the very absurd claims and naked assertions, that lead to the sexism, bigotry and violence well intended people like you want to stop.

Being offended is NOT the worst thing in the world. If you want religion to stop having excuses to do horrible things, then it needs to be offended.