Funny, I never hear Chris Hitchens mention Jefferson being a fan of the French revolution. I wonder why? He gushes over his “atheism” but conveniently forgets his support of the terror.
Hitchens isn't the only one. Jefferson's sympathies are routinely ignored by Hamilton-hating neo-Confederate "palaeos" who otherwise are quick to call the abolitionists "Jacobins."
They also approve of his radically de-centralized, agrarian, proto-Confederate ideas of the US Constitution. They also consider him a hero for opposing the Hamiltonian Bank of the United States (since banks cause Communsim, according to "palaeos").
Their great "hero of white chr*stian civilization" was also a radical deist who eviscerated his "bible" to rid it of all miracles. But never mind that, Alexander Hamilton was actually the bad guy.
Some people are so ignorant of history it's funny.