{"text":"There is a noticeable element of the pathological in some current leftist critiques, which I tend to attribute to feelings of guilt allied to feelings of impotence. Not an attractive combination, because it results in self-hatred.","author":"Christopher Hitchens","tags":["antiwar-movement","guilt","impotence","iraq-war","leftism","pathology","psychology","self-hatred","war-on-terror"],"id":321759,"author_id":"Christopher+Hitchens"}