Sometimes our own reality is too close for us to see it clearly.

Hi Ake!..I agree with your(and Hitchens') take on 'liberal bigotry'. Prejudiced hatred, because of political ideology, anyway you slice it, is in fact bigotry...especially when civil discourse ceases. It is an old adage, "The person who first starts calling names, does so, because he has lost the debate!"
..and BTW, some of the posters who would like to think of themselves as 'liberally hip', are just so far off on a tangent, that center, seems extreme to them. the same can also be said of Conservatives, who just chant their mantras. This whole 'left vs right' has gone into the absurd, because should one find themselves so blocked to another idea, or even, God forbid, LEARNING something outside of their little box, real progress ceases!...so I'll leave you with this little tune, which I've posted before, that says a WHOLE LOT!!!

...and note the final verse!!!

Warmest regards, Akenaton!!

GfS