Snake-Handling Congregationalists for Freedom
Hitchens vs. Hedges. via Hyscience, which has vid and other links:
”Every member of the 82nd Airborne Division could be a snake-handling congregationalist, for all I know, but these men and women, though you sneer and jeer at them, and snigger when you hear applause and excuses for suicide bombers - and you have to live with the shame of having done that - these people are guarding you while you sleep, whether you know it or not. And they’re also creating space for secularism to emerge, and you better hope that they are successful.”
Zombie Time: That was weird.
Topics: media, middle east
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 7:51 am on Wednesday, June 6, 2007
4 Responses to “Snake-Handling Congregationalists for Freedom”
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June 6th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Why isn’t HE hosting the presidential debates?
June 6th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Lefties do an excellent job of cultivating hypocrisy, don’t they?
June 6th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
That was an excellent read. Hitchens did the verbal equivalent of smacking Hedges over the head with a folding chair and flinging him out of the ring.
June 6th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Why isn’t HE hosting the presidential debates?
Because he would win, and, as a foreigner, he is not eligible to run.