Comments on: Who’s a hypocrite now? http://www.ipatrix.com/newt-gingrich-hypocrite/ Crossing Borders Crossing Cultures Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:31:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Santosh http://www.ipatrix.com/newt-gingrich-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-9399 Santosh Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:54:42 +0000 http://www.ipatrix.com/2007/03/11/newt-gingrich-hypocrite/#comment-9399 Time for Gingrich and Gore to check into alcohol rehab. Time for Gingrich and Gore to check into alcohol rehab.

]]> By: Prasenjeet http://www.ipatrix.com/newt-gingrich-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-9395 Prasenjeet Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:32:57 +0000 http://www.ipatrix.com/2007/03/11/newt-gingrich-hypocrite/#comment-9395 I think you protest a tad much about Gore. When the fundamentalist right fulminate about immoral behavior and behave immorally themselves, it reduces their credibility in my eyes, but their message has to be evaluated on its own merits (e.g., if their message is 'sexual fidelity is good', the message is not negated by Clinton's or Gingrich's dalliances). Similarly, anthropogenic global warming doesn't cease to be a problem because Gore doesn't practice what he preaches, but it does allow most of us to have (yet another) laugh at his pompous holiness. > So I guess it is time to keep the hypocrisy argument out of political debates. Oh the hypocrisy argument will continue to be used because it's such a convenient proxy for credibility, which is a rather intellectual concept. The hypocrisy charge turns an intellectual problem into a moral fault, thanks to the petty politics of our time (aside: Which is why Obama's way of approaching politics is particularly refreshing). I think you protest a tad much about Gore. When the fundamentalist right fulminate about immoral behavior and behave immorally themselves, it reduces their credibility in my eyes, but their message has to be evaluated on its own merits (e.g., if their message is ’sexual fidelity is good’, the message is not negated by Clinton’s or Gingrich’s dalliances).

Similarly, anthropogenic global warming doesn’t cease to be a problem because Gore doesn’t practice what he preaches, but it does allow most of us to have (yet another) laugh at his pompous holiness.

> So I guess it is time to keep the hypocrisy argument out of political debates.

Oh the hypocrisy argument will continue to be used because it’s such a convenient proxy for credibility, which is a rather intellectual concept. The hypocrisy charge turns an intellectual problem into a moral fault, thanks to the petty politics of our time (aside: Which is why Obama’s way of approaching politics is particularly refreshing).

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