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January 06, 2005

Love Them or Hate Them

Posted by Bill

"2004's Top Ten Ass-Kickings Given by Christopher Hitchens."

I mostly love them. My favorite (of course):

"To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery."

(Via Ace, who unverified rumor has it once had a long-term live-in "partnership" with Paul Begala. I'm not sure if I should report it, but Andrew Sullivan seems to think it might be relevant.)

Posted by Bill at January 6, 2005 10:37 AM | TrackBack (2)

Comments

Cheap shot. If Sontag had been in Congress & supported DOMA, the Times would have flayed her 'living arrangement' with a woman she HAD A CHILD WITH. Media double standard: liberal homos like Sontag are 'private people' while conservative homos are 'closet cases' who are roasted alive when it's politically convenient.

At the very least, the fact that Sontag & Leibovitz had a kid deserves mention in her obit.

Posted by: beautifulatrocities at January 6, 2005 02:26 PM

No comment on Ace and Begala?

Posted by: Bill from INDC at January 6, 2005 02:48 PM

::cough::

I'm trying to have a SERIOUS PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION, & you're insist on WHIMSY??

Posted by: beautifulatrocities at January 6, 2005 03:15 PM

Oh. Uh, I didn't know liebovitz and Sontag raised a kid. I'm sure he/she dresses like a dandy and hates America.

And to buttress your argument beyond whimsy, you'd have to cite examples that serve as precedents. Which may exist. Dunno.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at January 6, 2005 03:24 PM

They had a kid? I thought Sontag had an adult son from her first marriage, to whatshisname. That guy who dressed like a dandy and hated America.

Posted by: Doug F at January 6, 2005 04:50 PM