>>510044194>>510045357I've made a thread before but I almost got no replies
Did you anons know that Christopher Hitchens was good friends with David Irving. He defended him on numerous occasions. Even wrote an article about him in vanity fair when they tried to boycott his publisher's for releasing his books.
Here is the article.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1996/06/hitlers-ghost-christopher-hitchens?srsltid=AfmBOorQtE5JgpAK4mOSTdzzVdw-auTdNPmCycC451VSs1anLxtYMGPN
Hitchens said he was one of the best historians on the Third Reich. Said he learned more from his books that every other historian on subject combined.
Here he is defending him on Charlie Rose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMxleCC5VVg [Embed]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMAAiS5Ljsw [Embed]
Other video of him defending holocaust denial and David Irving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AxLlwdGPNk [Embed]
Also not a very known titbit is that Norman Finkelstein also regards Irving as a good historian and has even praised him for his detailed research.
I know Hitchens was cringe about atheism and a neo con but he was good on free speech. He also though Zionism was bad and despite raging about muslims he thought what was happening in Gaza was inhumane.