Today he posted about Hitch’s Cancer and said the following:
I’m devastated by the news. We need Christopher around for a long, long time. I do not know the details and understand his need for privacy. But he seems in good spirits if this classically British understatement is symptomatic of his mood:
“I have been advised by my physician that I must undergo a course of chemotherapy on my esophagus. This advice seems persuasive to me.”
May the God he believes poisons everything be with him. And a simple word of encouragement: surviving a potentially fatal disease can be a form of liberation. I look forward to an even more liberated Hitch.
I’m glad that he cares, and I feel much the same way towards Sully as I do towards Hitch, they’re both interesting to read even when I totally disagree with them which isn’t infrequent. But what a dickhead thing to say. He doesn’t believe God does anything because he doesn’t believe in God, he thinks that religions poisons everything because it’s false. It’s in the damn title of the book he wrote, it’s not difficult.
And then, using the opportunity of someone’s major, potentially fatal illness to insist on pushing your religious bullshit is… well it’s fucking rude bullshit.
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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Nicholas Thurkettle
July 2, 2010 at 4:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thought you’d appreciate this, from John Cole’s blog.
ashleyfmiller
July 2, 2010 at 5:28 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Nice. Who that is?
Nicholas Thurkettle
July 2, 2010 at 5:38 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A reformed Republican blogger I read and enjoy on a regular basis. Good sense of humor + cat pictures = successful blog.
Jonathan Smith
July 10, 2010 at 2:39 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If you enjoy reading Andrew Sullivan from time to time and agree his is a bit of a jackass..then you would really appreciate this.
It’s a video where he talks about his 3 Person “one man blog” and continuously attacks Sarah Palin for her lies.
http://www.oddjobs4teens.com/articles/AndrewSullivan.html
Keep up the good work. I enjoy your stuff.