1. Sean Hannity with Christopher Hitchens

Comment #54931 by Yankee on July 9, 2007 at 11:02 am

Please point out where I was doing it if I was, but I don't feel that I was comparing political issues with religion issues. These are 2 independent fields of debate that are generally best left separated. Unfortunately, in Richard Dawkins' book TGD (also in Sam Harris' book)... I still haven't gotten to Hitchen's book yet... the debate has a dismaying tendency to intermix the two subjects. I happen to agree quite strongly with Dawkins on Darwinism, science, and philosophy. But when it comes to the leftist politics, it makes me want to stay away from the whole atheist movement.

By the way, how could you even know if I am overestimating my talents? You know nothing about me. I would be willing of course to take up any challenge if you feel you are up to it. This, of course, was not the point of my statement, I was intentionally being an arrogant snob, to give you a taste of how it must feel to hear such annoying words. I think this must be a great source of annoyance for people in America who are the "butt" of these kinds of put downs. Anyway, arguments should not stand on the intelligence of the arguer nor on the stupidity of the other arguer. They should stand on their own.

2. Sean Hannity with Christopher Hitchens

Comment #54901 by Yankee on July 9, 2007 at 9:22 am

I can't speak for most Americans, but I have read books about atheism. Yet, I happen to be very positive about America and Americans. I am dismayed by the unquestioning leftism in Europe and the rest of the world. I'd like to see Hitchens talk one day purely about political issues because I deem him to be a reasonable person who will admit it when he is wrong or if his position is weak. I tend to think that leftist atheists are generally very good at doing the same when talking about religion, but when it comes to politics, leftists don't know how to be objective.

Regarding Fox News. It's been many years since I've lived in the US. Here in Finland, there are only 4 tv channels available (I huge upgrade from Soviet times, i.e. the 80s), so tough luck watching anything other than CNN, if you're lucky enough to get cable. So, imagine the balanced reporting you see here in Finland. The good stuff which I've seen on Fox News and am willing to praise is when they take on leftist Hollywood actors who seem to think that they have a monopoly on righteous political viewpoints, as though the rest of America is too stupid to come up with anything on their own. I am sick of this kind of snobbish leftist arrogance. I, being an American, can kick the ass of any leftist European in a math contest, a foreign language contest, a physics contest. Probably in an IQ contest. So, does that prove that I am right? No. But it means you can stop criticizing American for their stupidity. You're just as likely to have met a stupid European in your life as a stupid American, so stop making these kinds of Ad Hominem arguments.

3. Sean Hannity with Christopher Hitchens

Comment #54883 by Yankee on July 9, 2007 at 8:23 am

I'm a fan of Hitchens, but I'm also a fan of Fox News (just not the religious points of view).

Rather than saying something negative about liberals, since the Richard Dawkins branch of atheism here seems to be extremely leftist, let me just ask a simple question.

Do you think that Fox news makes as stupid arguments/editings of interviews when it comes to political issues? What about CNN and the leftist media? Don't you agree that this kind of things happens all the time on leftist news channels, too?

For example, here in Finland the media is so left wing, they refused to broadcast the fall of Saddam's statue during the Iraq war. I'm not defending Hannity, I just object to statements like "memo passing around the conservative news circuits" when such a memo could easily be passing around leftist circles... didn't you see Hitchen's trouncing of Al Sharpton the other day?