Quote by Christopher Hitchens

What a country, and what a culture, when the liberals cry before they are hurt, and the reactionaries pose as brave nonconformists, while the radicals make a fetish of their own jokey irrelevance.

What a country, and what a culture, when the liberals cry be

Summary

This quote highlights the irony present in a country and its culture. It criticizes liberals for sometimes pre-emptively crying out in protest without any actual harm being done. It also points out how reactionaries, who are typically conservative, portray themselves as courageous nonconformists in order to gain attention or popularity. Furthermore, it remarks on the radicals who seem to overly focus on their own trivial and humorously irrelevant actions, almost worshiping their insignificance as a charm. Overall, the quote emphasizes the paradoxes and questionable behaviors observed within a society.

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By Christopher Hitchens

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