Witty line on clever repartee

“No one really cares about the facts Hitchens brings to bear. He could be making one case today and the opposite case tomorrow. Would anybody notice? They’re just interested in the rococo tapestry he weaves around the facts. You don’t walk away saying, ‘I’ve learned X, Y or Z from Hitchens,’ you walk away saying, ‘Wasn’t that a witty line? Wasn’t that a clever repartee?’ ”

• Norman G. Finkelstein

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