In the UK newspaper, “Independent” there is an article about the long standing dispute between Christopher Hitchens, and Gore Vidal. Christopher Hitchens was a reliably far left writer who after the 9/11 attacks became anti-jihad.

Here’s the article

Vidal is defended with “[F]ailed to contextualise Vidal’s comments.” and “Hitchens has taken them very literally”.

So the defense is that Vidal did not mean what he said. However, judging by the comments here, the people who agree with Vidal really do believe Vidal meant what he said.

So Vidal gets to have it both ways. He gets to say outlandish things, and people who agree with him can take it literally. But those who recognize how outrageous he is are told he’s just trying to be “provocative.”

Find the full post here.

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