Indeed, The chauvinism is ugly and a real turn-off. But even as a Christian I loved his ballsy bitchynes, coining things like antitheism - because just not believing in god isn't enough... shame he left the stage too young.

Arrogant, chauvinistic, and know-it-all, when he was just of mediocre education at best (compared to much more substantial public intellectuals - yes, he went to Oxbridge, but he just had a run-of-the-mill degree and grades, like thousands of others every year). His takes on literature and other subjects were too shallow.

He did put on a good show, which TV and the press loved.

Hitchens is pretty awful imo. Tried to paint himself as some type of lefty, as he got older agitated for war and just drank himself to death. That, and the weird new atheist sthick....he was a good writer when he was younger, but he was a careerist more than anything else.