If there is one man who I shall miss on his passing more than Hitch, it's Fry. Both of them are, in their own ways and in many similar ways to the other, absolute heroes of the mind.

@jamespayter6948

Жыл бұрын

True, but I still find it difficult to accept Fry's support for the monarchy (not that it matters one iota what I accept of him or not). The monarchy is a disguting manifestation of all the horrid things the UK is capable of, and a flag for all the flag-shaggers to attach themselves to.

Stephen Fry didn't leave much on the table. Any one of us would be lucky to have things like that said after we die. He was also fortunate to be able to say all those things while being truthful, which makes for high praise for both.

He was the one who taught me not to worry about how the truth might offend people

@starboy1100

7 ай бұрын

Bravo!

We've never needed him more than we do now.

@davidnewland2461

Жыл бұрын

Troy having a strong voice isn't what we need now we need true Americans to stand up and be counted not pseudo patriots real Americans that have faith in the constitution and American institutions those of us that can need to take a public stance against those swine that are intent on tearing down every edifice that has borne the pressures on this country.

@TroyRubert

Жыл бұрын

@@davidnewland2461 We tried that for the last ten years, and we’ve lost more than ever. We must heed General Sun Tzu’s advice.

@jupitermoongauge4055

Жыл бұрын

Can't have him. Only his example. We've got to do it for ourselves.

@TroyRubert

Жыл бұрын

@@nothinghere1996 cry harder.

@TroyRubert

Жыл бұрын

@@nothinghere1996 🥱 cope mate.

I have few heroes but Christopher tops them all. I still watch and listen to his talks.

@detectiveh7399

Жыл бұрын

He's very much missed

@PSUK

Жыл бұрын

Christopher was my hero too. Along with Anthony Bourdain. How’s that for contrast?

"Cultural desert of celebrity worship". Fry has just described our present era in five words.

So grateful for his life

@breenm3

Жыл бұрын

O

Well said Stephen!! I miss the Hitch!!

RIP Hitchens. He is sorely missed.

@DiamondMcNamara

Жыл бұрын

We Christians are modest people; we do not want much, only ETERNAL LIFE.. LOL

Hitchens was such an inspiration! Still is.

Thank you immensely for your gratitude n kindness Mr. Fry. Knowledge frees all!!

@john.premose

Жыл бұрын

People like Stephen Fry still worship the Enlightenment in a mythological way. We know better these days, the Enlightenment was only for the elite capitalists and it was mostly rubbish from a modern perspective

A guide and mentor of rationality and one of the few people I truly respected and still admire

I hung on every word of this video and eventually turned on the thankfully accurate captions in order to absorb as much as this as possible. I thought that it would be nice if Hitch were somehow more thoroughly recognized for his efforts and talents. Sainthood would have certainly been beneath Hitch but Hero fits the bill perfectly. Christopher Hitchens is my Hero of the Mind now. Thank you for indulging my infatuation with Hitchens and adoration of Fry.

Stephen and Hitch were brothers in arms. A stunning tribute to a great man who, silly as it seems, I miss as much as Stephen does. And I never met Christopher Hitchens.

I think about Hitch on a daily basis. Either because of quoting him, or thinking about something I learnt from one of his books.

I grew up in an atheist household, in the South, in the 1950s (Trifecta!!) I will always, always be glad that I had the opportunity to thank Mr Hitchens, in person, for standing up to (and wiping the floor with) people who had scared me until well into adulthood. I was lucky enough to encounter him at the 7-11 store midway between our homes in DC; I was standing (not to say "looming") behind him in the check-out line, aware that a rather smaller-than-I-am man in a most excellent Panama hat, was using a platinum Amex card to purchase two bananas and three packs of Marlboro Reds. Trying not to be trop gauche or intrusive, I said, 'excuse me, sir, may I ask if you are Christopher Hitchens?" To which he replied, "well, that depends, doesn't it?" What followed was a 10-minute conversation on the sidewalk, he with his bananas and Marlboros, me with my store-bought cookies and Kools and feeling like a star-struck teenaged girl-fan. I will never forget it, I will always be grateful, because it freed me from a lifelong existential fear and I do my best to carry his legacy forward.

Christopher was and always will be a Legend..

You are missed Christopher.

Thank you very much for sharing this, much appreciated.

You dont have to agree with the Hitch to admire him. ... Great oratory by Fry.

I miss Hitch so much and often wonder what he’d have made of the insanity we’ve experienced in the last few years

@georgedonnellan36

Жыл бұрын

He would've been silenced.

Sadly, Christopher is one of my heroes I never got to meet. He left this world far too soon. That said, I've been writing a book for years, and knew even before I'd composed the first sentence that on the first page will be a dedication: "For Hitch." Hopefully, that book will be published next year, and I can only hope that he would have been proud. Miss you, Hitch.

@Malpheron

Жыл бұрын

What's you book about? Is it about how we fight back against those who might try to curtail our free speech?

@Terrestrial_Biological_Entity

Жыл бұрын

Tell me about your book

@pcbacklash_3261

Жыл бұрын

​@@Terrestrial_Biological_Entity It's a theological book, addressing a HUGE gaping hole existing in Christianity. I won't be any more specific, because I'm terrified someone will beat me to the punch (in fact, I'm flabbergasted someone hasn't already written it!). I'm hoping to have the rough-draft finished this year (currently just under 300 pages), and publish it next year. Incidentally, to Malpheron: I'm sorry I didn't reply to your earlier message, but I never received a notification. Hope that answers your question as well.

@alexanderohman506

Ай бұрын

@@pcbacklash_3261 have you gotten your book published now?

@pcbacklash_3261

Ай бұрын

@@alexanderohman506 I'm still working on the rough draft, though making steady progress. Sadly, I'm a bit on the lazy side. I DO work on it every day, but not as much as I should.

He is certainly sorely missed. The Hitch.

A great man.

Thank you so much for remembering him....

Thanks!

Here here. Well said Steven. My thoughts exactly, but expressed far more articulately than I ever could. I sincerely believe he was one of the most influential provocateurs of his time. I wish he were still amongst us today to offer some straight talking wisdom on the current declining state of western civilisation. I’d love to witness a lively debate between Hitch and Jordan Peterson.

@johnkerr1113

Жыл бұрын

stephen fry said it all when he mentioned the 'cultural desert of celebtrity worship'..... shallowness to the power of 10.....like many i still listen to Hitchens debates and often the one with Fry at IQ2 abiut the Catholic Church.... watched that maybe 20 times?... hitchens and fry might sound like a comedy duo but a tour de force in debate with inept opponents I have to say...

@howardskeivys4184

Жыл бұрын

@@johnkerr1113 👍

@johnkerr1113

Жыл бұрын

@@howardskeivys4184 HNY

@heathermatthews1323

Жыл бұрын

Hutch would probably have Peterson in tears.

@howardskeivys4184

Жыл бұрын

@@heathermatthews1323 👍🍻

God I wish he was around to see all ‘this’!!!!

@jorgletchler1980

Жыл бұрын

he shouldn't have died 😹

@willemvandoesselare7959

Жыл бұрын

God ?

@neiltristanyabut

Жыл бұрын

what god?

Beautiful

Well said Mr. Fry.

I wish Christopher and George Carlin would have met and had a talk.

Its hard not to miss Mr. Hitchens if you have a decent mind and a mind for decency. I only know him from his printed works and his debates. But i do believe that for anyone missing him or giving him any sort of praise, he would rather you used your effort and energy to hone your own mind and speak out for rational thought and human decency. In a video about him someone posted a response that I think sums up what he would like to see as his legacy. A bit trite but it really conveys his message. 'Be the Hitch you want to see in the world'. Yes pay your respects as respect is due. But dont see him as unique. None of us can be him. But we can work hard to be voices of reason. Voices against the ill people do to others. Its something all of us can do. Stand on the shoulders of great people and push farther for reason and human decency.

I miss Hitchins profoundly. He's much needed now.

I would give everything to have a podcast between Hitchens and Patrice O'Neal

Christopher was the king of the truth, nobody ever pursued it with such gusto as Christopher, never ever,

@peach495

Жыл бұрын

No, there are many that do. He stands out because of his ability to convey the truth with unassailable arguments.

@Nobody_896

Жыл бұрын

@@peach495 perhaps

Christopher Hitchens is the GOAT of modern debate

A hero of the mind.

Only the good die young. We miss him dearly.

Hitch was a true modern day philosopher!

“A true point said badly is a lie.” If a writer ever needed motivation to get off the couch.

We need him more now than ever...my rock in understanding what my life is about...

"God is not great" is my bible. I sleep better having read it. I cannot guess which horse he would back in todays world but I would certainly be informed to make my own choice. I miss him. I do not know enough about Constantine Kisin but my curiosity is there having been baited by Christopher Hitchens. I owe Christopher Hitchens so much, as we all do....he made me think, made me smile, catch my breath and laugh. Thank you Christopher Hitchens.🤗

"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." *Voltaire*

Hate liars. Love Christopher Eric Hitchens.😎

In what year did he give this speech?

The absolute brutality Hitchens delivered in debate is still unmatched. Rare as an Orwell. The most eloquent, accredited charming opposition was reduced to jabbering fools effortlessly.

Christopher Hitchens woke me up to USA politics via many C-Span shows in the late 1980's and then Noam Chomsky took over.

Awareness is the ONLY constant of ALL experience what could be more fundamental to reality than that???

Still with his Hitch at his side

Did anyone else mishear "someone of account" as something far different? 😂

Hitchens was highly intelligent, extremely articulate and devoted his entire life to impressing these facts upon everyone. In reality he persuaded no one who wasn't already persuaded, but gave great comfort to those who already agreed with him.

Irrelevant question...I know. But what is Stephen wearing on his lapel ? Have seen it a couple of times in prominent speakers the whole year with the same as him wearing it. Cant figure it out.

I would love to have him now to fight the lunacy of the modern left.

RIP Hitchens

Jesus Christ, the ad after this video is of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children's.

@duckmcf

Жыл бұрын

Here in Melbourne, Australia, I had a sports betting ad served up. My take on it is that the ‘great and powerful’ AI algorithms of the world are in fact, snake oil…

@123fishpond

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully without the apostrophe

@123fishpond

Жыл бұрын

In chidrens😮

December the 15th 2011 - the day the world became a much dumber place. So missed and how we need him now.

Didn’t Fry call Hitchens brother “ a slug” ?

@Nobody_896

Жыл бұрын

Well at one point in evolution we were slugs, so technically he was right buried somewhere in our D.N A are those genes, of course dormant now although in some people I'm not so sure, but certainly not in Peter Hitchens as his ancesters were Adam Eve and their incestuous children,,,,or so he believes,sorry I couldn't resist,

@Comodusprimus

Жыл бұрын

If he did it pales in comparison to the churlish remarks P. Hitchens made of Fry.

Why is 'Eric' a comedy name?

Sadly missed. An intellectual giant.

I think he would have loved to be here for the Trump years, I often listen to the right wing pretenders that have even dared to try to step into his space as intellectuals from the other side, he would have laughed them out of any room.

@rw3899

Жыл бұрын

He might have even seen the error of his support for Bush

The only human being that metamorphosed from a butterfly to a slug. A sycophant that the establishment largely sneered at. He betrayed Edward Said in the most despicable manner. A man of little ballast.

@pastelartguys3161

Жыл бұрын

Looks like someone's ox was gored. The establishment's approval has never been a goal or even a concern of the intellectually liberated. I don't have to agree with all of his propositions to appreciate his native intelligence.

@Marius_vanderLubbe

Жыл бұрын

@@pastelartguys3161 You're speaking in anagrams.

The first Jewish man I’ve heard of named Christopher!

@donthesitatebegin9283

Жыл бұрын

He didn't know he was Jewish until he was 38, when his Mother told him she was Jewish; therefore so was he. It passes down the Maternal line.

@barbarahamme2760

Жыл бұрын

@@donthesitatebegin9283 What a weirdly long time to wait before telling her son of her religion. And what a particularly unjewish name to have given him. There’s never Jewish Christophers or Christines. And of course I’m aware that maternal religion passes on to offspring. Like Hitch and Fry, I too am an atheist Jew.

I'd love to him see go head to head with Jordan Peterson. That would be a great debate.

@taniakol

Жыл бұрын

That's an insult. Would like to see that bit of intellectual chaff get a Hitch-slap tho so he weren't so influential on the gullible.

@johncarroll772

Жыл бұрын

Peterson has never came up against the likes of Hitchens

@Nobody_896

Жыл бұрын

You must be kidding ,Christopher would destroy Peterson,

@Mic-healDay

Жыл бұрын

Peterson is a blubbering idiot.

@thahacksaw

Жыл бұрын

No need. Sam Harris already completed this task. Why bring in the A team when the B team did a perfectly good job.

There was a god but it left with him

Give your hearts to Jesus Christ

@Backpfeifengesicht45

Жыл бұрын

And give your liver to Atticus Finch, your lungs to Harry Potter and your bladder to Homer Simpson. Why give vital organs to fictional characters?

@leiluam

Жыл бұрын

@@Backpfeifengesicht45 no good listening to English protestants, aka Johnny come latelys, spinning their yarns, & full of theories

@Backpfeifengesicht45

Жыл бұрын

@@leiluam why are you offering a vital organ to a fictional character.

@leiluam

Жыл бұрын

@@Backpfeifengesicht45 your daddy knows, putin snr

Pride comes before destruction, especially for not giving glory to God for our gifts 'given'

@Codex7777

Жыл бұрын

You do yourself no favours, do you? After the beauty, compassion and eloquence, of Fry's eulogy to Christopher, your words sound even more petty a hollow than they usually do, when coming the mouth of your average, unthinking, brainwashed, religious fundamentalist. Nor does it reflect well upon your imaginary friend...

He was merely a fundamentalist..Spent so much time slagging religion (which I don't mind) that he became everything he despised.

Hitchens was a brilliant mind, but could be a boorish prick. Ironically, many of his teary-eyed followers treat him like some kind of messiah and don’t allow criticism.

His politics was awful and also slightly hypocritical but he was a stellar intellect and a superb public speaker.

Christopher would be deplatformed if he spoke out today..??

@pruibiebehastoet1914

Жыл бұрын

Why do you think that?

Hitchens, left wing. Smh

"Words spoken poorly are a lie". - What utter misplaced, intellectual, snobbery! So by that nonsensical quote, all the people with learning difficulties, many lay person with no academic training, and non native speaking people are liars are they Mr Fry? What pompous attention to detail of grammar and spelling rather than on the message.

@MrRazorblade999

Жыл бұрын

You take it too literally.

@JohnSmithGlobeLie

Жыл бұрын

@@MrRazorblade999 Then why make a very public statement if you don't want it taken literally?

@michaelpatterson5811

Жыл бұрын

I cannot believe that Stephen Fry meant to say this - it actually makes no sense, no matter which way you bend the sentence. I could understand if he meant to say "Poorly spoken words lack veracity" - or "Poor words often hide the truth". Hitch's words were always structured with fore-thought.

@jamesmaybrick2001

Жыл бұрын

Interestingly you prove his point. And a fine example you have presented. "A true thing badly presented is a lie" were the words spoken. You badly expressed that sentiment thus lied. Well played sir. A fine teaching point for us all. I was in fact looking for an example of someone illustrating the point. But you provided it. Thanks.

@JohnSmithGlobeLie

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesmaybrick2001 Subjected opinion which you are welcome to ;-)

A small petty man talking in reverence about an astronomically bigger man who would make a huge difference in the world today. Hitchens might be Fry's hero, but that would certainly be a one sided relationship today, no doubt about that. We lost Hitchens, now we are left we these petty small minded frustrated man peddling nonsense, doing exactly what Hitchens fought against. What a joke.

And now he's in hell due to pride...

@anthonyclarke5579

Жыл бұрын

At least he will be warm and with friends James. Thank you for your comments, I am sure Mr. Hitchens would appreciate them....🤭

@Backpfeifengesicht45

Жыл бұрын

Hell is a town in Norway. Were his ashes spread there?

@anthonyclarke5579

Жыл бұрын

@@Backpfeifengesicht45 Your geographical knowledge is to be commended and by all accounts Hell is just a little backwater village with less than 2000 souls (ha) living there. I have travelled the length and breadth of Norway but so far have managed to avoid Hell. Word has it that for entertainment the population gather to watch the wallpaper display rolling over in the DIY shop window on Saturday nights and on occasion when the road needs a repair they stand by the side of the road to watch the mobile traffic lights change colour. As for Mr. Hitchins I feel sure he would find the fact he is still being talked about at length both amusing and satisfying. Sorry I cannot answer your question Enjoy your day matey, thank you for the reply.

Steven Fry's career peaked with Blackadder, he has been severely over- rated ever since, because every country needs a hero, and the UK think this is their's.

Lol. Skip. Well-educated person masquerading as intelligent talking about a deceased version.

@Andyreally

Жыл бұрын

And yet here you are…

@hughmacdonald3595

Жыл бұрын

@@Andyreally lol. ya gotta be here to watch it

@robertpage3195

Жыл бұрын

@@Andyreally I always find it best to ignore the negative comments. This person obviously has never listened to Christopher or Steven. That's his misfortune

Modern day hero worshiping - all a bit sickening.

@123fishpond

Жыл бұрын

And you are?

@emersonduncan56

Жыл бұрын

No. Not hero worship. A genuine affection for a genuine person.

@burtingtune

Жыл бұрын

@@123fishpond... as well known as you, but not a sycophant

@burtingtune

Жыл бұрын

@@emersonduncan56 pass the sick bucket!

Why the need to mention race?

@pendorran

Жыл бұрын

Nobody mentioned race.

@buridah328

Жыл бұрын

@@pendorranwatch the video

@qayxswedcrfv1

Жыл бұрын

​@@buridah328why dont you timestamp it? I didnt hear a mention of race either?

@buridah328

Жыл бұрын

@@qayxswedcrfv1 how lazy of you. Listen again.

@qayxswedcrfv1

Жыл бұрын

@@buridah328 you do realize you make an qccusation and when asked to provide verification you refuse to do so? And then call me lazy? Oh the irony xD my guy the only one bringing race into this is you... if you dont have anything to add to the conversation why even speak up?

Let's hope Stephen ups his smoking, takes less exercise and eats more transfats and processed food👍

Crhistopher would have rightfully called you out on groupthing and closing your twitter account on faux pseudomoralistic nonsense