The joys of YouTube – Peter Hitchens versus Russell Brand

I'm sure I am not alone in being appalled at the number and viciousness of knuckle-scraping malcontents crowding the comments sections of YouTube videos. A sizeable chunk of these beyond-jaded misanthropes are made up, of course, by modern-day liberal commentators promoting their holier-than-thou and strangely desperate take on the modern world, while all too often at the same time passing vehement judgement on anything that opposes any aspect of their own worldview. A classic example of this occurred this month, during a debate in London on whether drugs should be legalised or not. In the 'against' camp was (predictably) the Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens; in the 'for' camp was (again, predictably) the comedian Russell Brand. They had a lively encounter that didn’t actually contain much debate. Hitchens rather memorably referred to Brand as "the alleged comedian in the hat"; Brand told Hitchens that the paper he wrote for was a "bigoted hate rag", while all the time dancing rather incoherently around the question from Hitchens as to whether personal responsibility came into it. The video of their exchange earned a few thousand hits on YouTube – nothing spectacular, but the liberal mob were out in force, and were not pulling any punches in their assessment of Mr. Hitchens. Some choice excerpts from the Comments section that have been posted in the last couple of days (not for the faint hearted).

Peter Hitchens is an insidious, vile, sub human waste of air.
TheMrmoss 21/03/2012

Peter Hitchens is like some stereotypical evil villain in a farfetched tragedy. What on earth possessed intelligence squared to bring him on?
gamegloss 21/03/2012

Hitchens is a tool who uses his radical stance on the war on drugs as a platform for his career. The man has no stake in this debate other than personal gain. A total slime-ball, a perfect example of everything the Daily Mail stands for.
KnuxVeeone 20/03/2012

Russell Brand articulated his words perfectly, but personally i call Peter Hitchens a top line cunt.
TheEliteMist 20/03/2012

in this debate hitchins later claims the war on drugs must continue because "drugs are just plain wrong and evil", such a fucking moron.
Rumbleman99 20/03/2012

Peter Hitchens: what a cunt.
alilw93 20/03/2012