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Christopher Hitchens

“In some ways I feel sorry for racists and for religious fanatics, because they so much miss the point of being human, and deserve a sort of pity. But then I harden my heart, and decide to hate them all the more, because of the misery they inflict and because of the contemptible excuses they advance for doing so. It especially annoys me when racists are accused of “discrimination.” The ability to discriminate is a precious faculty; by judging all members of one “race” to be the same, the racist precisely shows himself incapable of discrimination.”

Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
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Letters to a Young Contrarian Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens
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