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Originally Posted by nik-
I guess it depends on what we're referring to as "the Right". Did he hold the whole umbrella? No, obviously not. But since the majority of Harris and Hitchens talks refer to religion in a foreign policy context, he definitely was carrying the water of the right in that sphere.
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Hitchens even explicitly denied any real connection to the Right because he partially understood the connotations viz-a-viz American traditionalism.
Hitchens was so thoroughly normalized by the end that many forget he was a very promiscuous bi-sexual man for most of his life.
Anyway, the man loved a soundbite, was eloquent in an argument, but displayed no rigor when it came to any kind of cohesion amongst his own arguments, or that of his opponents.
Look at his debate partners. Not a serious scholar among them. He preferred the flim-flam artists, the backwoods preachers, the fools...
That's probably part of the Orwell in him - although Orwell was far greater - but Hitchens definitely felt it was important to fight fire with fire.