Christopher Hitchens - On Harball discussing religion with Al Sharpton

June 28, 2007.
Christopher Hitchens discusses religion with Al Sharpton on Hardball with Chris Matthews.

[@Gryffster]

MY NAME IS AL SHARPTON. IF I MAKE REALLY WEAK ARGUMENTS AS LOUDLY AS POSSIBLE, PEOPLE WILL THINK I AM RIGHT. ONLY THINK ABOUT THE VOLUME. IGNORE THE CONTENT.

[@TheReddaredevil223]

The sad part is he's right though (referring to your first sentence).

[@Gryffster]

TheReddaredevil223 That is sad!

[@skoto8219]

I DIDN'T ASK YOU ABOUT ARGUMENTS

[@montoyag76]

If anyone ever replaced Sharpton's head with a giant potato , nobody would notice.

[@e.neebbriated.3449]

LOL Mr. Sharpton Potato Head, yup I can see Hasbro making some bucks with that one.

[@tntdotbomb9340]

Lmfaaaoooooooooooooooo omfg x"""""D

[@IIgREyIIwaRdENII]

+Gilbert Montoya Lmfao

[@brycewise]

+Gilbert Montoya Im sure the potato would. It would much rather be back in the ground

[@skunkshmuggler]

That made me spit my beer out lol

[@UnknownGenius01]

"Well, so did her husband" Hitch, you are just fucking brilliant!

[@Nathan23918]

I like how, at one point, Mr. Hitchens leans back like "why am I debating this idiot?".

[@nofairytales5604]

Yes, Sharpton is a complete obtuse moron who just doesn't get it.

[@nofairytales5604]

And Sharpton is indeed an idiot.

[@nicgb098]

"You're the guy who proves you can get away with anything as long as you have reverend in front of your name." hitchslap

[@jn2050]

I've never seen Hitch raise his voice. True sign of brilliance.

[@YoungMommy14]

Man, I miss Christopher Hitchens... What an absolute Genius... One of my all time heroes!

[@hoagiesupreme]

Hitchens vs. Sharpton = Mike Tyson vs. a kitten.

[@richardspikman7116]

Hitchens is too much for a populist like Sharpton to handle.

[@labelleveronica]

Except kittens are cute and fun.

[@snappycattimesten]

Every now and then, I revisit these videos because I miss Hitchens dearly. It’s the closest to having him back with us today. RIP Hitch and thank you for your legacy.

[@chriswatson3464]

What about ai Hitchens?

[@2Worlds_and_InBetween]

same I miss the Real Hitchins also ai is made up bs to keep the uniformed scared of LLM or search engines. I've been bending _computers_ to my will for longer than you could understand.

[@AbleAnderson]

Al sharpton isn't in the same sport as Christopher hitchens, let alone league

[@chaz9808]

Nicely said

[@user-ok7nw3hd4k]

That's the beautiful thing about religion, it atrophies a mind.

[@nfal445]

After hearing Al Sharpton speak many times, I can now understand how Jar Jar Binks became a Senator in Star Wars. Missa Al Sharpton dellow felagates.

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

So true XD

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

***** No, it's not about his ethnicity or race, it's about him being loud. I must say there are a lot of Jar Jar Binks in the republican party, and Bill O'Reilly is definitely the Jar Jar of the news network.

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

***** Which makes me suspicious, why is your first reaction to this comment is not "he is annoying loud", but "it is racist". You know that makes you a bigot right?

[@nfal445]

***** Atheist.

[@nfal445]

DarthAlphaTheGreat I only bigot idiocratic thinking. I bigot the idea that when you debate that you yell louder to try to talk over your opponent. Believe me I hate Fox News much more than Al Sharpton and that's full of diphead white people. They probably could be compared to Jar Jar as well.

[@EricZimerman]

What I like most about HItchens is his outspokenness, and willingness to be direct. Why is it politically incorrect to confront this mass delusion, religion? One is expected to stay quiet around believers or be looked upon with scorn - in the 21st century no less...

[@lukeatkinson1386]

"Unqualified elderly virgins" LOL! This crowd was humorless.

[@gazsmash]

Sharpton makes me cringe......... i could eat a Tin of Alphabet spaghetti and excrete more sense than him

[@jhesnonserviam2365]

good one.

[@if6was929]

Gerald Reynolds it always amazes me that people could say something like he said as if everyone agrees with them.

[@tntdotbomb9340]

That was brilliant dead ass 👌 im gonna use that

[@GeraldReynolds]

@ Mikey... 420 to ya dude.... I love it!!!! hahahahahaha He defintely makes me cringe....that's it.... hahahahaha

[@GeraldReynolds]

Jack... We don't use that kind of language among polite company... So grow up and return for a reasonable comment...

[@TheAtheist22]

Hitch the Great. So glad for youtube , the best site ever. Hitch lives among us and continues to enlighten people through it. We miss you Hitch.

[@garrethdavis]

Stop saying AXE. It's ASK... FUCK. That's driving me crazy

[@steveb0503]

I'm kinda surprised that EVERYONE is too chickenshit to call ANY of them out on it.

[@stiimuli]

That annoys the hell out of me too. Just like "nukular". Why is it so difficult to pronounce words correctly?

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

stiimuli He didn't have a mom like I had growing up. My mother was not lazy or too busy to pay close attention to her children. Al Sharpton has a lazy mouth.

[@riptidemonzarc3103]

Languages evolve over time, and different dialects develop in the same language. Pronouncing 'ask' like 'axe' is a development which is largely (though not exclusively) part of some (though not all) African American dialects of English. Some people say 'root' for route; Newcastlers say 'war' when they mean 'our'. English is an enormous language with many dialects. Get the fuck over it.

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

Riptide Monzarc Rev. Al Sharpton is low class no matter how you explain away the devolution of the proper english language in modern society. I just call it lazy tongue in a culture of "just barely good enough to be understood by your neighbors or mamma"

[@swinny_]

Hitchens is so good. such a shame we lost such a well-read critical thinker such as him. He runs rings around Sharpton

[@hughjorgan7211]

Hitchens vs any religious figure isn't a fair debate. The religious usually embarrass themselves (i.e. Sharpton's claim that gravity comes from god) and Hitchens always calmly refutes all their arguments with brilliant logic and insight.

[@jamessmith9728]

Hitchens was a great man. Posthumous knighthood is deserved.

[@jamessmith9728]

ono24 OK, I take that back, but you get my point.

[@rembrandt972ify]

James Smith they should make him a saint. he'd hate that LOL

[@ricardomontalban6004]

No deceased person can be a knight.

[@pomegranatepip2482]

By the head of the Anglican Church? Lol

[@Sagaciousish]

The most devastating Hitchslap occurs at 15:10

[@tuppencepetey]

+Sagaciousish whoah! You're right!

[@kiranwicksteed3972]

Hahaha just re-watched. It was truly devastating. Struggled to contain my laughter

[@ivansmith9228]

Hahaha shredded

[@louiegallo1289]

FAVORITE PART- 21:50 OverZealous/Incoherent Guy: “In particular, this question is for Chris. One of the big problems in the twenty first century, for the American people, is that issue of fear. Now, when you’re sitting at a table, I believe in God, alright, and there are many people who are Atheists who are my friends, I-uh, forget the pun, I can break bread with them. But, the issue here today is, why, if you’re going to make policy in the Middle East, one of the biggest components of that, are religious leaders, and yet here today, you are saying let’s use these belligerent words, let’s use capricious words, and say this is the way it has to be written. How do you respond to that?” Hitchens: “I don’t understand a blind word you are saying.” HAHAHAHAHAHA! What??? And, yes, that is WORD for WORD. lol...

[@mohamedthepedophile4789]

***** Hitchens should have asked Sharpton for a clarification.

[@ricardomontalban6004]

Some people sound smarter when transcripted, some don’t. Hitch is always flawless

[@thomasholtby5962]

so fucking embarrassing. i would crawl under a rock and die after that

[@andrewmccloud8581]

I think what he was getting at, though it was worded as total jargon, was why Christopher was deliberately using 'capricious' language to attack faith, when faith is essential to the peace process in the middle east due to how widely practiced Islam is in Iraq, Syria, etc.

[@louiegallo1289]

@@andrewmccloud8581 Faith is essential to the peace process? I beg to differ. Faith seems to be the root cause of the turmoil in the Middle East for centuries. Also, the guy's question is still nonsensical.

[@bennett3449]

This can easily be broken down to a misunderstanding. Sharpton is just not educated or well read enough to even follow the speech of Hitchens. Hitchens answered every question but Sharpton couldnt find the answer because Hitchens is too well spoken

[@romancandlefight1144]

Sharpton is a billionaire from borrowing the authority of religion to make people listen & donate. He has no interest in debating arguments only making himself look/sound good

[@EgoSumSimia]

Sharpton says he believes unquestionably. Once someone says that then the debate is over, because if someone believes in something without question then they have forfeited all reason and anything they say on the matter cannot be taken seriously.

[@mbgrafix]

Tom, do you unquestionably believe in gravity? If so "you have forfeited all reason and and anything you say on the matter cannot be taken seriously". However, I've got news for you...whether you believe in gravity or not, if you jump off of a high cliff, you will fall either way (and possibly meet God when you finish falling)!

[@EgoSumSimia]

Mike Bennett I question everything, Mike. I take it as fact that gravity exists because of the consistent presence of the phenomenon but that isn't to say that that our explanation of it is completely understood or beyond questioning. Gravity is thought to be caused by gravitons, hypothetical elementary particles. While the mathematics of the hypothesis works out, we currently have no way of testing whether or not gravitons actually exist. "Unquestionably" just means beyond dispute and once you have closed off any other possibilities in your mind then any new evidence, no matter how convincing, becomes meaningless. I cannot fault people for making assumptions, people make assumptions all the time- we have to in order to function, but unless you are open to questions about those assumptions then you will never know the truth of them.

[@johnathonvixx8279]

Mike Bennett Mike, circular arguments are ridiculous. Come on, don't you Beliebers know you can't do that anymore? That, as well as Pascal's Wager, are not valid arguments anymore, so stop using them.

[@UltraAporia]

Mike Bennett You can't "believe" in gravity. Gravity is merely the label we attach to the phenomenon of bodies of mass attracting one another. In other words, gravity is evident.

[@redshieldart1767]

Galileo studied gravity and the church locked him up for it.

[@leroypennant1286]

R.IP. Mr. Hitchens, wherever that might be .

[@user-ok7nw3hd4k]

Check out what the Church did to Bruno for thinking the Earth was not the center of the Universe.

[@kevin41780]

Don't forget Giordano Bruno

[@ricardomontalban6004]

Or Bruno tonioli, or Bruno Brookes or Bruno frank.....

[@theresepearce205]

The Catholics put Galileo in prison

[@stormbringerr7806]

that's right sharpton, lets keep religious intolerance and hatred and ignorant ideas going strong.your a true visonary

[@drrockkso8882]

Sharpton: "Clinton going around with Jesse Jackson and Billy Graham, which didn't happen by the way...." Hitchens: "What didn't happen? You're saying he never appeared in public with them after the affair?" Sharpton: "I never saw it." Al Sharpton in a nutshell.

[@hohenheim909]

lol nice

[@alwaysthinkforyourself7028]

Sharpton is a hugely annoying and refuses to let him speak. Ruins the entire video.

[@suzannfulbright5652]

Well, it proves Hitchens' point about religious leaders being bullies. If you have nothing of value to add to the discourse you jam up the airwaves with a lot of noisy nonsense until the show is over … for what that is worth.

[@alwaysthinkforyourself7028]

Yes, yes he does. Quite an annoying tactic.

[@jamaalshelton6793]

Please Hitches NEVER let people speak watch any Bill Maher video he always spoke over every guest...so now he's getting a dose of his own medicine. He can dish it out, he can take it

[@alwaysthinkforyourself7028]

Sorry to inform you, but he's no longer alive.

[@tylerdurden1344]

Hitchens is a pro with language and words, he is the greatest debater I have ever heard.

[@jrchris1121]

Why does Sharpton get invited anywhere and why does he get any respect? He has no business being on tv especially up against Hitchens. Its like watching a genius argue with a squirrel

[@oldtimeycabins]

What have you got against squirrels?

[@alexeistrife56]

+jrchris1121 Because he's a Reverend. Nothing else.

[@jrchris1121]

+Alexei Strife That's actually funny because I've heard people say he is NOT an actual reverend! LOL

[@MrSyrett]

The difference between an intellectual and a pseudo-intellectual.

[@jonsar713]

I miss Hitchens so much.

[@mbanderson83]

Sharpton honestly doesn't understand most of what Hitchens is saying, that's pretty obvious.

[@ChrisCullenRacing]

As a deceased man, Hitchens is still smarter than me.

[@yustinshmeerles8935]

Hitchens changed my life. I wish he hadn't died so I could thank him personally for that.

[@MagicUzer]

Wow....way to invite Hitchens to speak only to fox news him with incessant interruptions... I'm a very emotional person as well but at least retain some respect! RIP Hitchens I'll never forget your work.

[@bertschmert]

Al Sharpton...this isn't high school debate class. Were talking about big issues here, not individuals. You argue like a child.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Agreed; he constantly interrupts Hitchens and then complains that Hitchens won't answer his questions. And that rejoinder about people "deciding" that gravity worked was apallingly ignorant.

[@Tommyr]

Al's a god damn idiot.

[@thorntonwilliams3851]

If it's personal, why does he have the title of reverend, which is accepted, acknowledged and respected in the public sphere?

[@playinhard]

Religions: small minds leading even smaller ones. "If god didn't make gravity, who did?" says it all! :)

[@rikirex2162]

not only on religion, but u r right ,any way any one person or institution that have to fight for leadership was never a real leader in the first place....I think.

[@pillznarRy]

May you rest in peace Hitch. You are greatly missed.

[@happytobereligionfree9648]

"Mr. Jefferson, build up this wall", excellent! Sharpton is one of the best advertisements against religion.

[@tajutamiltiger]

Oh How I love Hitchens. The man is pure genius and a true gentleman.

[@nyxxie023]

Christopher Hitchens is so calm and smooth. Sharpton, not so much.

[@thatdevilguy]

Christopher Hitchens was without doubt one the most erudite, well spoken, well read, articulate men of the modern era.

[@drunkrtard]

First time I've ever seen this Hitch video.

[@user-yz7xh7lp8i]

good for you :)

[@chickeneggchickeneg1]

Me too..

[@user-yz7xh7lp8i]

chickeneggchickeneg1 youtube are hiding them away. all intelligent and important is being hidden away, in the very structure of youtube. also called "multi-media manipulation"

[@chickeneggchickeneg1]

sebastianmagnus Yeah, it's certainly just spits back to me all the shit I've already seen which is pointless. Reinforces the need to connect with other people. Chances are there are a million things you've seen which I haven't and vise versa which either of us may find of use. I remember a time when it was hard work to find new information and that the only way to do it was to ask people and socialize. However I believe this is less the age of information since there's too much of it and more the age of recommendation where people recommend information that is pertinent to the discussions at hand. Another thing too is that since Hitchens has passed, there is no new material coming out.

[@CareyGButler]

There is so much disinfo in this video, that I have to stop it and sort it all out. Slimeball is at his best. The first hurdle: "the two things we are taught not to bring up in polite company". That lie is old enough to have become a social meme (which it is now). Back when we were rugged individualists we didn't worry about what was trendy, rather what was appropriate; we didn't make it a rule, it was mature judgment.

[@myfriendisaac]

1:43 HE CAME IN SWINGING 😂💯 An absolute gem of a human being!!!

[@gorwell97]

Sharpton knows he doesn't have the intellect to debate with Hitchens, that's why he always interrupts. I can't stand to watch Chris Matthews because he's also another one who asks a guest a question and then won't even let them finish an answer.

[@KillgoreTrout43]

Shut up Sharpton and let Hitchens get his point across.

[@zcarver25]

Hitchens made being smart stylish

[@jackdauphan2703]

matthews: "which people are talking to the right god?" sharpton: "I think you are bear fruits; I think you look at the fruits of what happens and you see what happens, the problem is not that we are all talking to the same god..." Is this guy serious? that was his answer to a simple question before he repeats matthew's question at 19:45.... that is a direct quote to matthew's question of how do you know your God is the real God, Sharpton's answer is "I think you are bear fruits, I think you look at the fruits of what happens and you see what happens." and then he repeats matthew's original question b/c he knows he's drowning in his own BS... it's at 19:45 - 19:58... Let me just repeat the Reverand's answer in his own words to the question posed by Matthew's which at it's core means Reverand Al how do you know your religion IS the real faith, the authentic pipeline to God, the big guy in the sky, the main man, the CEO, and his F***ing answer is and I quote: "I think you are bear fruits; I think you look at the fruits of what happens and you see what happens..." I must admit that is a profound piece of philosophy from a man who will be remembered for literally days after he passes, I may get that tattooed on my back or arm or maybe my manhood so I don't ever forget it. In fact, let me repeat it so we can all enjoy it again: Matthew's: "which people are talking to the right God?" Sharpton: "I think you are bear fruits; I think you look at the fruits of what happens and you see what happens." Man that goes down smooth, that type of high powered intellect isn't on display everyday folks. What I wanna know is how did this guy get on TV and who is the person who decided to put him there. I'd like to know b/c the type of mind that realized Al's nuggets of wisdom needed to be shared w/ us all needs to be applauded as well.... Whoever you are, the exec at msnbc, thank you is all I can really say, Thank you from us all in the American public.... every person who listened to that exchange is now dumber for it, thank you again :)

[@AndrewMadeAFilm]

Probably the funniest comment I've read on KZbin

[@7timeless]

I love Hitchens ability to make all his opponents sound and look like idiots.

[@excel9528]

In this case he wouldn't have had to say a single word.

[@Sinekyre14]

Painful to watch. Screaming and not listening are bad tools for a debate.

[@BenBRogue]

Sharpton wouldn't accept a single answer from Hitchens, very close minded. Just continually shouted over Htchens, claiming he had no answers while not letting him answer.

[@LordWorst]

.one of the best hitchslaps are found in this video. loved it! we really miss you christopher.. :(

[@thefutureispeace]

This is why I love hitchens. He'll just flat out say "I'm sorry but your question is still jibberish". A very succinct reply, because it was.

[@jeffreyhack7887]

Did Sharpton even go to high school?

[@jeffreyhack7887]

Jeffrey Hack If so, it really doesn't show.

[@determined919]

The way public education is now, especially on the east coast, I think it would suggest, he DID go to HS.

[@aaronb7270]

I like Al Sharpton a whole lot better as a robot on Futurama.

[@asuicidemachine]

Mr. Sharpton (& I chose Mr. purposefully, as it holds more weight & relevance to me than Rev.) is a waste of good shoes.

[@harryharris7030]

Annoying.. Atheists have to be intelligent to state their case but Believers just have to be LOUD..

[@ShogunOsam]

There hasn't been a better episode of Hardball since. RIP Mr. Hitchens, the world doesn't miss it's truth tellers until they're gone.

[@ThatsAllFolkers]

90 seconds in and already Hitch is awesome.

[@cbcb2828]

“Well I’ve lived to hear the reverend denounce rhetorical maneuvering , so that should be enough for me this evening !” 😂😂😂😂

[@55bigcheese]

Hitchens was just brilliant, one of the best shining lights.

[@garf8959]

19:14 love hearing his laugh at that question.. genuine..

[@gaiustiberius8417]

The respond Hitchens gave to "do you feel undermined sexually?" was perfect. It was meant to make him embarrassed and stump him, but he was so intelligent and quick you can't stump him.

[@pilotamurorei]

That Victicrat Sharpton wouldn't give Hitchens a chance to answer the question he asked him. Religious people always try to drown out any serious discussion.

[@SHA8UTIE]

Using words like "always" when referring to groups of people is the type of mindset that makes serious discussion difficult.

[@IEatedACreamEgg]

SHA8UTIE Not really, if you have any common sense, you understand when one says always in such a context, one does not imply the absolute idea of the word. Its like truth. What is truth? Is truth not absolute certainty? Absoluteness? Such a thing doesnt exist, we still use the word to describe things of such a high frequency that any lesser term would do it no justice. Straw man point.

[@SHA8UTIE]

Tom Baddeley I understand that people speak that way. I am saying that it is not the proper way to speak. Saying "all" should mean "all" and saying "always" should mean always. There are plenty of other ways to make his point without being inaccurate.

[@IEatedACreamEgg]

SHA8UTIE You don't understand what I'm getting at here clearly. Always is a term to describe an absolute. Absolutes don't exist. Language categorises an infinite spectrum of relativity into words and phrases, trying to make sense out of things, when they in themselves cannot be nearly accurate. They are unreliable. For one to say always in such a way, is to rely upon the prejudgement that the audience one is addressing understands what is meant. Thats the whole point of language. What certain mouth noises mean, is dependent totally upon what the audience perceives the mouth noises as being. This is an acceptable use of the word in our society. Theres no need to pick on people for not believing in the absolute nature of words, that they somehow imply themselves as something other than their own theoretical entities. That there are some kind of laws governing the wrongful use of language. He intended to exaggerate how many religious people drown out discussion by using an extreme word, for effect of course as is appropriate in our culture to convey his point.

[@F00dTube]

I am so sick of repunblicans.

[@full420jacket]

@ TimmySmith....How very Christian of you to pass unreasonable judgement onto others. JC would be SO proud.. You sir are the very essence of what is wrong with religious belief.

[@81Mace81]

Timmy Smith is headed to hell right now being punished for all of eternity. He chose to turn away from the one and true God, Allah. Praise Mohammed and accept Him into your heart. All of you better repent while you still have the chance. ...Alternatively, dismiss this comment - and Timmy Smith's - as evangelical jibberish ;)

[@NeitherLeftNorRight]

Rev. Al won't shut up and let Christopher Hitchens answer the questions.

[@ricardomontalban6004]

I wonder why.

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

Welcome to Hardball. We're coming to you from the Hardball Plaza in Hardball, Washington.

[@Chris180Z]

Weak. Why can I never find Hitchens debating a religious intellectual? Do they even exist? I haven't seen one yet. I have seen many ex-religious intellectuals though.

[@Dayoman10]

He did debate William Craig Lane and got taken to the woodshed. Look it up on KZbin.

[@Hume2012]

Doc Dee One No, he wasn't taken to the wood shed by that blowhard. And I would invite you to watch Craig's debate with Shelly Kagan of Yale if you want to see someone taken to the wood shed.

[@servingzombies]

I expected more from Al Sharpton. He seemed so simple in comparison to Hitch.

[@goodolarchie]

Other than the fact that he liked to tout his book and strike at any opportunity to speak on the subject, I never understood why Hitchens took time to debate Sharpton multiple times. The fact that his title is "former presidential candidate" makes me face-palm for the nation and wonder if we get exactly what we deserve from politicians.

[@solangoose8372]

'Your question is still gibberish....I'm terribly sorry..Next!' 🤣🤣🤣

[@HinkleMcCringleberry]

Al Sharpton. getting loud does not make you right.

[@randyrysdale852]

i'd rather die on my feet than to live on my knees

[@jamesteranov5978]

If I am not mistaken I think that was a quote from Spartacus. Maybe it was Mira. I don't know.

[@murakawa-san2279]

It is a quote from Emiliano Zapata. Perhaps he got it from somewhere else...

[@ricardomontalban6004]

He got it from his wife

[@alobo2000]

cute here and cute that...poor Al Sharpton...he has nothing to attack Christopher Hitchens

[@TheLakewind]

hersheystaste4life Maybe it was limited, but on subjects other than religion, Sharpton is very intelligent and has good morals, and fights for human rights. I am an atheist, but I'm not blind or biased. On the other hand , he was rude.

[@kswindl]

hersheystaste4life HE CAN RHYME THO!

[@phillthorpe2643]

It's not the humidity it's the stupidity lol

[@ricardomontalban6004]

Yeah but it’s a dry stupidity man.....

[@olbear303]

Al not so Sharpton

[@Sagaciousish]

Sharpton made this hard to watch

[@cbbuntz]

Anybody see the debate they did? Sharpton essentially debated against the title to Hitchens' book. No mention of its content whatsoever.

[@kokoth]

I've always been confused as to why people didn't accept the U.N definition of WMD's (which Iraq had) and assumed it meant atomic weapons.

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

Many more views of this video (well over 20,000) compared to other C.Hitchens videos is most likely (in my opinion) because most Americans recognize the name "Al Sharpton ". The fame of Hitchens will keep growing more each year with the internet..

[@martynjones8560]

This was reminiscent of a philosophy professor debating Kantian philosophy with a screaming incoherent toddler.

[@laffer35]

Last I checked, Sharpton is not an atheist, and he's in this segment as well.

[@madgirl_marz]

It is sad to me when Hitchens gets interrupted in the middle of a great sentence. I could just listen to him speak alone the whole time. Great man, sad loss.

[@MikeAndNary]

Did Sharpton drop out of the 6th grade?

[@mzyzer19]

Sharpton does not make one single point.

[@globalchaos1984]

"I've lived to see Reverend Sharpton denounce rhetorical maneuvering so that should be enough for this evening!" LMFAO

[@Brakathor]

I was starting to forget just how good Hitchen was at completely blowing his opponents out of the water, though with Al Sharpton: relatively small achievement.

[@louiegallo1289]

19:38 - Sharptonism 101 Sharpton: "No, I think there is one God. I don't think we are all talking to the same person. Obviously. Well, I think, I think, I think, the way I honestly believe, no jokes(es), I think that you are bare fruits. I think you look at the fruits of what happens, and you see what happens. The problem is not all of us talking to different gods, the problem is different gods talking back. I think some of us have gods, that are not the god, and based on some other kinds of things, which are hooked to dogma and denomination thing. "

[@rjones6801]

19:52 - so basically whenever something good happens it's because of God, and whenever something bad happens it's because you misinterpreted God. Boy oh boy, I'm sure glad he cleared that up.

[@jjdakid_]

I have no issue understanding we are so insignificant in this vast universe. I love it and I love it. I don't feel some kind of void in being secular.

[@MrFilmoreJr]

From the very first time I heard Mr. Hitchens speak he has always made since to me. Don't know how, but I just learned of his death today 2 years after the fact. RIP Mr. Hitchens.

[@1911m1a1ellis]

Sharpton has made a very good living selling god to the feeble minded.

[@teresagdavila5442]

We NEED a MOVIE about CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS And the protagonist should be Anthony Hopkins

[@drvp1997]

The funny thing is Hitchens answered all the questions, but not straightforward so the answers went over Sharpton's head

[@debbiem.3128]

Watching people debate Christopher Hitchens is like watching a fly dancing with a Venus Fly Trap. RIP Christopher.

[@KillgoreTrout43]

Sharpton continues to attempt to divorce God from religion. Just how does that work? He's a pastor of a Christian religion, so how how can he not defend a religion and only god?

[@rjones6801]

How could he not? Have you seen God in the bible? That guy is a total dickwad. I'd try to distance myself as far from that douche as possible too. In all seriousness though, you are correct. It makes no sense. When everyone defines religion and God in different terms, what's the point of religion and God?

[@KillgoreTrout43]

Well said Richard.

[@KillgoreTrout43]

Sharpton was being dishonest in his attempt to praise god and reject the very religion that tells him to praise god. He tried to have us believe that he actually sees a separation between the two. If that were true, he wouldn't be a minister of any religious sect.

[@professorbland]

who decided to seat Pandora Peaks front and center? I can't even pay attention to whatever they're talking about...

[@Pjurrre]

Not knowing of Pandora Peaks but I am assuming you are talking about the chick with the huge assets, I was scrolling down to see who else had made the same observation lol

[@taniabrandon1642]

Sharpton is argumentative! The Hitch is philosophically regal and intellectually honest

[@griesrt]

22:45 "I'm sorry, your question is so dibberish. I'm terribly sorry."

[@TheOP351]

I don't understand why Al Sharpton is even debating Hitchens... It's a joke. Chris is mopping the floor with him... Any religious person in the crowd would do better than Sharpton. Hitch slap city.

[@TheMikeSwitch]

It's like Mike Tyson boxing a 5 year old. It's almost hard to watch Almost.

[@6Gizmo101]

chris? he will be turning in his grave tut