Ace: Here’s what really happened with Hitchens and the pro-Syrian thugs
posted at 8:50 pm on February 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Since he’s setting the record straight, I didn’t want to bury this in the other post as an update.
Apparently they weren’t just goons but full-blown Syrian Nazis whose posters Hitch was defacing. That’s two beers I owe him now.
Well, when this Syrian Nazi goon saw Hitch do this, he confronted him and kinda-sorta attacked him. I say kinda sorta attacked, because what his main intent was was to delay Hitchens from leaving — until the ten Nazi goons he had just texted on his cell phone could arrive.
There was some kicking and pulling and hitting. Hitch and the others attempted to get into a cab — the Syrian Nazi goon got right in the cab with them, still hitting Hitchens. They could not force him out. Eventually they all exited, and attempted to get a fresh cab, but other cabbies were now hip to the fact the Syrian Nazis had been riled and wanted no business from them, so two cabs passed refusing their fare.
Follow the link. It was broad daylight, not the middle of the night; he was sober, not hammered in a bar; and he didn’t get his ass kicked, he got a few scrapes and bruises. Exit question: Er, what’s the difference between a “Syrian Nazi” and the rest of the Syrian establishment?
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Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 9:50 PM
It’s all a facade.
I’m actually peering out from the gunport of my bunker, red-eyed from stress and lack of sleep, talking to my assault rifle as if it’s human and arranging hand-grenades in a smiley face pattern on the floor.
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 9:54 PM
And that proves…what? Because you’re not a conservative doesn’t mean you’re a socialist. Penn Jillette is an atheist libertarian with a fellowship at the Cato Institute. Matt Stone, creator of South Park, says:
amerpundit on February 18, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Great for me; not so much for Hitch. He’d get a little bored with me saying “hey, Hitch, remember when you called that one guy a sniveling tosser?! Yeah, that was really cool…”
Jaibones on February 18, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Slu! You’re saving the thread, dude. They were burning each other in cars, and wishing Hitchens was laying in the ditch and all sorts of shit.
Jaibones on February 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM
This evidence is out of order. A verdict was already reached on the other thread completely without it.
Cheshire Cat on February 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM
It would be even better if you arranged rounds in a peace symbol.
MadisonConservative on February 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM
By using my vocal folds along with my articulators. Duh.
Darth Executor on February 18, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Too bad he stopped!
apco on February 18, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Go forth and find the documentary…..
TheBigOldDog on February 18, 2009 at 9:50 PM
You know, I want too but I just read so much and watch and listen to mini-vids all the time….it’s just so depressing, like continually studying the holocaust even though you already know how evil the Nazis were.
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 9:59 PM
If you can’t get the joke, keep on truckin’. That’s the way.
MadisonConservative on February 18, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Dearest Bishop, even that was funny, sad as it is. It describes my mental state, sin all the arms. Though, it’s really time to go to the ranch soon. Must keep the skills sharp.
aengus, I despise all of them, Stalin, Lenin, Marx, Engels, Chavez, you name them. May they restlessly turn in their graves, and may they suffer miserable lives, if they’re still consuming oxygen. The scum are destroying humanity. In the end, however, the fools are allowing them to do so, and the fools are us, those who vote for them.
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM
One gets first choice of goats?
MB4 on February 18, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Nobody has to prove that Hitchens is a socialist as if he’s being falsely accused of some crime. Hitchens calls himself a socialist with pride. Read his books. Or you could ask him if it comes to that. It’s not like he has any reason to lie about it.
aengus on February 18, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Ha! Zing.
Μήπως εἴσαστε Ἕλληνας;
Tzetzes on February 18, 2009 at 10:02 PM
It would be even better if you arranged rounds in a peace symbol.
MadisonConservative on February 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I tried that. Unfortunately I got the design pattern from the Code Pink website and the very next day a rep from Mercedes showed up at the bunker with a copyright infringement lawsuit.
Color me chagrined! (that’s right, I used the word chagrined!)
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 10:03 PM
No, Obsession is mandatory. You MUST watch it. It’s no run-of-the-mill production. After you’ve watched it you’ll understand….
TheBigOldDog on February 18, 2009 at 10:03 PM
“I just play a rube on HA. I read in the headlines that liberals are intelligent and conservatives…” ~ ~ Bishop
Entelechy on February 18, 2009 at 10:05 PM
I did get the joke, I simply don’t have any original comebacks to unimaginative, overused jokes. If you want me to play the game you gotta give me something to work with. Or you could cry like a little girl about people hating poor atheists, puff your chest and barf some crap on how we won’t put ideology aside and wish Hitchens dead or some other nonsense (followed by gratuitous calls for another poster’s death, of course). Go back to being Monica Lewinsky to Hitchens’ slick willy, it’s all you’re good for.
Darth Executor on February 18, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Not necessarily better, but certainly funny as hell.
Jaibones on February 18, 2009 at 10:06 PM
No, Obsession is mandatory. You MUST watch it. It’s no run-of-the-mill production. After you’ve watched it you’ll understand….
TheBigOldDog on February 18, 2009 at 10:03 PM
FINE, fine…I’ll watch the consarned movie.
*heads to Blockbuster, mumbling and grumbling*
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 10:08 PM
You are using those words, but I don’t think they mean what you think they mean. All I’m seeing is a bunch of Fightin’ Christians Keyboarders talking smack about Christopher Hitchens because he did what you wouldn’t dare do.
I forgot how brave you were. You would have dusted those Cheeto crumbs off your sweatshirt, and fought those Nazis. Well, unless there was something more pressing to do, like tippity typing away on an anonymous internet blog. That Hitchens did infinitely more than you did or would have done burns you up.
Maybe this one act of defiance starts a trend. Who knows? There’s more possibility of that than by doing nothing at all.
Hitchens does his fighting with his wit. Much like a man named Samuel Adams. Maybe you’ve heard of him?
Krydor on February 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM
You’ll thank me after…
TheBigOldDog on February 18, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Ha!
Tzetzes on February 18, 2009 at 10:13 PM
He was more of a rabble rouser then a pamphleteer.
Spirit of 1776 on February 18, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Kinda hard to be too witty if you’re dead because you scribbled on a poster after you were warned it could cost you your life…. I guess he didn’t believe them until the thugs quickly showed up…. Smacks of liberal naivete
TheBigOldDog on February 18, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Me too. However it’s clear that many people assume that Hitchens is an anti-Communist. He isn’t. He’s always been pro-Lenin (Five Year Plans) and pro-Trotsky (the creation of the Red Army). Yes he’s anti-Stalin but so what? The man is a doctrinaire Marxist and makes no bones about it.
aengus on February 18, 2009 at 10:16 PM
101st Fighting Keyboadists: The Many, The Proud, The Loud
I wanna be a Keyboard Ranger,
Live the life of key pushin’ danger,
Keep me out of the Syrian drop zone,
I just wanna stay at home.
MB4 on February 18, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Yes, that’s true. If I recall correctly, he was commissioned but didn’t serve much time fighting. His pen was mightier.
Hitchens gives voice to the fight. The left can’t ignore him, because he is so darned good, and the right can’t overlook him because on this topic, his eloquence has no equal.
Krydor on February 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM
No, we’re talking smack because he’s an imbecile. Some also find the situation humorous and crack jokes at his expense. That said, I also “wouldn’t dare do” a jump out of an airplane at 10000 feet without a parachute. There’s a huge difference between bravery and stupidity and Hitchens is neck deep in the latter.
Apparently it’s impossible to call someone a moron without “being jealous” nowadays. I wouldn’t have done anything since I don’t have the money to afford a proper arsenal. Hitchens also achieved nothing (except risk his life and the lives of his companion). I’ll keep my brains, Hitchens can keep his balls (or rather, you probably keep them, on your pillow while you sleep.
Uh huh. That the nazis went through the trouble of assigning people to watch their posters should tell you that what Hitchens did wasn’t particularly uncommon. I’m also certain the Lebanese are tripping over each other to follow the example of some western atheist blowhard. Hitchens’ act is about as likely to “start a trend” as my taking a piss on the carpet.
Oh yes, “F**k you” is the very epitome of wit
Darth Executor on February 18, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Do you tape a sponge to your chin to collect all the drool?
Darth Executor on February 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
The difference is you truly wish harm on a guy you disagree with.
Ooo, blowjob jokes. Is that P.J. O’Rourke posting?
MadisonConservative on February 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Sounds like you’re in love…
TheBigOldDog on February 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Oh, come on, nobody who has conversations with their rifle is going to roll ammo around in the dirt.
’swhy my bunker is carpeted.
Merovign on February 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM
You are using those words, but I don’t think they mean what you think they mean. All I’m seeing is a bunch of Fightin’ Christians Keyboarders talking smack about Christopher Hitchens because he did what you wouldn’t dare do.
Krydor on February 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Put his life and that of his friends in danger just for a rousing story to tell on Slate?
Guilty as charged.
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Unlikely. Same guy took in Salman Rushdie and was warned it may end his life. Seems to me that he doesn’t much cotton to death threats.
Krydor on February 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Matt Stone, creator of South Park, says:
I hate conservatives, but I really (expletive) hate liberals.
amerpundit on February 18, 2009 at 9:55 PM
When ann coulter came to speak at my college, she was talking about the South Park guys, and she said they told her that nothing pushes you farther to the right than a bunch of liberals screaming at you (apparently due to a controversial episode they made)
Chiasmos on February 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Cretin. Hitchens would kill me if he could do it and get away with it (he can’t). That’s far more than “disagree with”. I also don’t “wish harm on him” (lying seems to be a part of your blood). I don’t care about him. If he gets in trouble I might have a good laugh at his expense but that’s about all. He’s a cockroach, too insignificant to matter. If he started rising in the political ranks then I might wish him harm, and for damn good reasons.
Why do you want to know, did you service him too?
Darth Executor on February 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM
With Hitchens? Hell yeah. Who hasn’t got a man-crush on ol’ C.H.?
Tzetzes on February 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM
He compared Americans under the rule of King George to the ancient Israelites fleeing from slavery in Egypt under the Pharaoh. If he were alive today you and Charles Johnson would be trying to get him committed to an insane asylum with rubber wallpaper as an extremist.
aengus on February 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Nope, respect the crap out of the guy. I like good writing. I wish I had a scintilla of his talent.
Krydor on February 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM
The person who can’t do it should not interrupt the person doing it
Tav on February 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Buy him a beer for me too
EricPWJohnson on February 18, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I guess he didn’t believe them until the thugs quickly showed up…. Smacks of liberal naivete
TheBigOldDog on February 18, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Yep. When you’re visiting a country known to have occasional car-bombings and assassinations, it might be wise to listen to those who tell you “That’s not such a great idea.”
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 10:26 PM
No worries, I have no intention of interrupting you gentlemen in the middle of a Hitchens blowfest.
Darth Executor on February 18, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I see you’re a big fan of the A-Team series.
moxie_neanderthal on February 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Unlikely. Same guy took in Salman Rushdie and was warned it may end his life. Seems to me that he doesn’t much cotton to death threats.
Krydor on February 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Hitch put his family, his kids at risk to do that; from what I understand there was professional security available for Rushdie but Hitchy turned it down.
Bishop on February 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Your paranoid delusions are kicking in early this evening. You best lay down and visualize a serene lake. If that does not work, well, we will have to try protocol two again and you know what that means.
Sigmund on February 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Maybe for an encore he can do some graffiti in Singapore
Corsair on February 18, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Holy crow.
Just pure awesome. Not from concentrate, fresh off the tree, awesome.
You are a treasure, sir.
MadisonConservative on February 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
And thus, whatever credibility you may have had remaining vanishes in a puff of smoke.
We’ll see where this is tomorrow, but I’m done here tonight. I hope you survive the night, because the secret Atheist network is planning to kill you on Hitch’s orders. The plan is foolproof, you know. Best hunker down in the bunker.
Krydor on February 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
You have one life Darth, let it be gay
Shouldn’t you do as you’re told to?
No, let your gayness enfold you
Grab up any chance
Find a real gay romance
You’re already out of the closet so give your world a sweeping glance
Let it set your soul a-dancing night and day
Vivez!!
PercyB on February 18, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Earlier today some town ran out of aluminum foil.
moxie_neanderthal on February 18, 2009 at 10:43 PM
You got that idea from Chris Matthews face and The Failed One’s posterior.
Wingo on February 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
errm… has Hitchens actually written about it yet? No? Meanwhile we’re all getting cross about what some twa*ty Christian fundamentalists think? Sometimes there’s a reason to be an atheist and *proud*, and it’s called some some smartass little seminary oik busy driving away sympathetic readers with his shiny cleverness. Winning all the arguments that don’t matter. Fuck Jesus.
Fortunata on February 18, 2009 at 11:05 PM
I hate Syrian Nazis.
Talon on February 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM
How long have you been a MENSA member?
Just curious.
Talon on February 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Hell, I don’t even believe in MENSA.
Fortunata on February 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Hitchens is worth 6 Sam Adams’. After that he can buy his own drinks.
Jim Treacher on February 18, 2009 at 11:48 PM
That’s okay. MENSA believes in you!
MadisonConservative on February 18, 2009 at 11:56 PM
That’s lovely, hon, makes me feel warm and fuzzy and what’s wrong with that? :p
Fortunata on February 19, 2009 at 12:02 AM
This place has really degenerated. It started about the time I joined, when they began letting the riff-raff in.
Yeah, I know. I’m probably part of the problem. I’d quit and just read again, if I thought it could be brought back to the place it once was. I mean, really now:
Is FreeRepublic down at the moment, or what?
capitalist piglet on February 19, 2009 at 12:27 AM
These were not Nazis. They were nihilists.
Metro on February 19, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Ve ah nihilists, Lebowski. Ve belief in nussink!
Tzetzes on February 19, 2009 at 1:27 AM
So, the new plan to save Hot Air is to become LGF? Sure sounds like it.
R D on February 19, 2009 at 1:55 AM
Hardly, but it couldn’t hurt to pick the knuckles up off the floor, could it?
capitalist piglet on February 19, 2009 at 2:04 AM
Branding.
TheUnrepentantGeek on February 19, 2009 at 2:15 AM
We fokk you opps!
Jim Treacher on February 19, 2009 at 2:48 AM
Sigh. Why is it, when men decide they dislike each other, the insult exchange always devolves to saying they’re the submissive type of gay? It is so corny.
Frivolous on February 19, 2009 at 4:13 AM
Single digits outside,but who cares as long as you can warm your feet here by the flames of Hot Air.
lizzee on February 19, 2009 at 7:28 AM
Snappier uniforms?
Or is that a trick question?
oldleprechaun on February 19, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Pffft. I heard he got his ass kicked by a Lebanese dance troupe because he defaced a Rent poster.
Chuck Schick on February 18, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Good One:)
Dr Evil on February 19, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Dont forget to put a bullet in the middle of the smiley face…. ;)
doriangrey on February 19, 2009 at 8:38 AM
I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Syrian Nazi’s but I can’t remember. What kind of Nazi’s did Jake and Elwood Blues say were the worst?
Spider79 on February 19, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Why would anyone in their right mind go to Syria?
profitsbeard on February 19, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Good thing Obama wants to make nice with Syria, huh? I mean, after all, they’re moderates, right?
CP on February 19, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Libertarians used to be known as classical liberals.
Libertarian Joseph on February 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Well, rather, they used to be known as liberals, but now as classical liberals lol.
Libertarian Joseph on February 19, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Don’t you love international travel? That’s OK Hitch, you’ll love the customs inquiry waiting for you here in the States.
Mark30339 on February 19, 2009 at 11:24 AM
who is that a picture of?
toetotoetotoe on February 19, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Thank God for heavenly intervention…without out the help of God there is no telling what would have happened to Hitch.
He must have had angels looking out for him…praise the Lord.
right2bright on February 19, 2009 at 2:33 PM
…”what’s the difference between a “Syrian Nazi” and the rest of the Syrian establishment?” That’s a very good question AP.
Somehow Hitch’s ’sobriety’ and intelligence didn’t help him here. What did he expect in that hell hole? I knew he was an arrogant gasbag, but give me a break…
Once upon a time I would have cared, (I WAS a fan, years ago), but after he thought that starving and dehydrating Terri Schiavo to death was just fine AND he dropped his one issue (WOT) vote for McCain because of his misogynistic hypocrisy THEN cozied up to Barry Whosane…he’s the toast on the dung sandwich that the Obama Nation has served up to the American People.
Perhaps he won’t stop drinking now and will leave us in peace. I can dream…
right2bright—you said it!
Christine on February 19, 2009 at 6:54 PM
My thoughts exactly!
petunia on February 19, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Ellwood: Illinois Nazis.
Jake: I hate Illinois Nazis.
JohnGalt23 on February 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Das war ein wenig zu vulgär.
Johan Klaus on February 19, 2009 at 11:52 PM
In answer to the exit question, I would imagine that the Syrian Nazis wouldn’t be content to be Iran’s rent boys…unlike a certain chinless ophthalmologist I could name.
uptight on February 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM
I’m late to this post but I find a lot of the comments, flame wars and jokes included illuminating. Starts to make things around here, including APs posts the end of last year going into now more crystal clear.
It’s sad to say that this thread starts looking like Ethopia, or even Belfast in the day. The fight is no longer about Liberalism vs Conservativism, or even Socialism vs Capitalism. It’s about RELIGION (including secularism). It’s come to this in the land of the free, home of the brave, free speech, and right to worship, or not, without interference. I don’t care what side you’re on but when YOUR religious views or LACK of religious views trumps the goals and principals of your logic on policy and political matters that effect the whole, you lose me, and frankly you’ll lose the Republic ‘for which it stands’. All kidding or not kidding aside, this makes me sad.
On another note, MadCon, I take back my previous apology. I was right to take your comments criticizing me as I did. Your comments, even when addressed by others and laughed off by you then eventually laughed off by them, were awful. Do me a favor please, if I say something here you don’t like don’t bother addressing me. I won’t be reading them anyway. And as the rabid dog with a bone that you are, if you choose to make a snide comment here about this comment it will be left unanswered. So have at it if it will serve to soothe your weak ego and pride.
AP, all kidding aside, I find it less than amusing and wryly interesting that a person who would comment to another commentor to die or kill themselves multiple times would not even rise to the level of an admonishment. The interesting part is that the person saying such vile things is a supporter of your position in this thread. I wonder if MM knows what is happening with the inmates running the asylum and whether she thinks those types of flame wars appropriate. I actually find it disgusting.
Sultry Beauty on February 20, 2009 at 6:23 AM
The Hitch has tremendous guts to be in Syria in the first place. The man is an atheist and to Muslims that’s the lowest of the low – even lower than Christians & Jews who should be dominated and paying protection money with humiliation (sura 9:29).
Long live the Hitch!
Chessplayer on February 20, 2009 at 7:33 AM
You had too many words there so I cut some out. Serious business and all that.
Also: I can’t believe the commenters here. Hitch goes into a country infested with shitheads and defaces their poster right in front of them.. and you say he’s a coward and his actions are meaningless? How can you not see how completely fucking awesome that was?
Eh, I don’t know.
thereverendag on February 20, 2009 at 9:23 AM
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