Having surpassed the half-life of the fallout over dropping the A(nti-Semite)-Bomb against Excitable Sully that had the whole blogosphere in such a furor, The New Republic writer Leon Wieseltier has now taken aim at our Preening One in this recent Fora.tv event (at 1:44:04), labeling him a "buffoon" and following up on that with some shots at the New Atheist movement in general. No doubt Hitchens has a dirty limerick or two in store for Wieseltier after such a slanderous accusation (There once was a man named Wieseltier who could take peggings and cocks, but if given an enema would have to be buried in a matchbox...).
I have long regarded Wieseltier as an odious reactionary and anti-Semitism hustler, but if he's going to continue with such clear-eyed and sober insights as this (concerning Chris that is), he may be lucky enough to find himself removed from my Official Enemies List one day.
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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