tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post3600628909237694937..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: On Treading LightlyDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1621153938303122092010-02-11T17:38:16.001-08:002010-02-11T17:38:16.001-08:00I don't know much about Sullivan, but as far a...I don't know much about Sullivan, but as far as Christopher Hitchens (can you guess my charming nickname for him?) goes, how does admitting he was wrong no matter how obvious become a positive attribute?joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-13977964093279941082010-02-11T09:49:44.290-08:002010-02-11T09:49:44.290-08:00Excellent point about how Sullivan's fondness ...Excellent point about how Sullivan's fondness for contrarianism leads him to rhetorical excess. Christopher Hitchens has a similar problem, but at least he doesn't have Sullivan's additional difficulty of abrupt switches in position; Hitchens will be declaring that the invasion of Iraq was the right idea until he dies.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.com