Hi Sanity...I see your point, but i think Hitchins was addressing the wider point of the "liberal" attitude to anyone who disagrees with their dogma.....as expounded here by Ian.

It is indeed a type of bigotry....an unreasoning adherance to a view which the facts have proved questionable.
Ians use of personal abuse and name calling in every post is a typical example of such bigotry, but i dont expect him or his chums to recognise it.