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kleinbl00  ·  4732 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Christopher Hitchens dead at 62
>I guess when everyone keeps telling you that you are the premiere intellectual in the world, you may actually start to believe it.

Only the failures.

You wanna see what believing your own hype looks like? Check out Kevin Smith or M Night Shamalyan. Hitchens had the requisite amount of anger right about the time the atheists were getting brave. You'll notice they quote Sam Harris a lot less - he's less "quippy" and he's a lot less pissed off. He's a better writer, though, and he's more truthful.