It especially annoys me when racists are accused of 'discrimination.' The ability to discriminate is a precious faculty; by judging all members on one 'race' to be the same, the racist precisely shows himself incapable of discrimination.
Christopher HitchensAbout author
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- Nationality: american
- Born: April 13, 1949
- Died: December 15, 2011
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