I’ll grant that he makes a couple of reasonable nano-points along the way, but Christopher Hitchens’ latest essay is mostly a chilling reminder of his inner rot. Quoth Commissar Chris of the bloodbath in Blacksburg:
The grisly events at Virginia Tech involved no struggle, no sacrifice, no great principle. They were random and pointless. Those who died were not soldiers in any cause. They were not murdered by our enemies. They were not martyrs.
Quit your whimpering, bourgeois vermin! We have the world to win!
Of course, Hitchens allows for exceptions:
At times of real crisis and genuine emergency, such as the assault on our society that was mounted almost six years ago, some emotion could be pardoned.
Up to and including losing one’s goddamn mind, apparently.
Last month, IOZ summed up Hitchens better than anyone else has.