Friday, December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011): A Hitchslap Collection

In tribute to Christopher Hitchens, who passed away yesterday at the age of 62, we present a compilation of Hitchslaps from his early television appearances as identified by YouTube commenters.

1988 - CH Hitchslaps Wladyslaw Pleszczynski's "attempt at a slur" at
around the 5-minute mark in the following video:




1992 - While taking a call from a viewer, Hitchens delivers a Hitchslap in
response to a question on his writing 9:44 into the video:




1993 - Hitchens debates Malcolm X with Peter Balley:




1997 - Hitchens remarks on James Pinkerton's "concentrated nonsense":

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