In this powerful clip, Christopher Hitchens explains what he calls “moral blackmail” — the tactic of claiming that any criticism or satire of Islam, Muhammad, or the Qur’an is an offense against over a billion people. Hitchens warns that this approach is not about protecting feelings, but about using offense as leverage to gain demands in Western societies.
Looking back, his words feel prophetic. He foresaw how appeals to mass offense could be weaponized to silence criticism, limit free expression, and reshape the cultural and political rules in democratic nations.
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