[KQQL]

Rush is a HYPOCRITE!

He was Illegally on prescription pain medication while condemning people who were on them like he was.

[Skooz]

No, he didn't. Get a grip.

[Lost Highway]

Rush is a HYPOCRITE!

There is not a man alive that is not. He broadcast to 20 million people that he has a problem and has asked for no favoritism. It's about as stand up as one can get.

"The show will continue during this time, of course, with an array of guest hosts you have come to know and respect. I am not making any excuses. You know, over the years athletes and celebrities have emerged from treatment centers to great fanfare and praise for conquering great demons. They are said to be great role models and examples for others. Well, I am no role model. I refuse to let anyone think I am doing something great here, when there are people you never hear about, who face long odds and never resort to such escapes.

They are the role models. I am no victim and do not portray myself as such. I take full responsibility for my problem."

[Tribune7]

He was Illegally on prescription pain medication while condemning people who were on them like he was.

Be specific.

[Qwinn]

"He was Illegally on prescription pain medication while condemning people who were on them like he was."

Yet again... I have a problem with your using the word "while".

It's been fairly well established that he did so -before-. To me that does not a hypocrite make. His own encounter with it gave him knowledge of how one can get addicted and how difficult it can be to overcome - that IS the kind of thing that can make someone legitimately change their mind on principle, you know.

Now if you can establish that he was for the WoD on drugs AFTER he experienced what addiction was like himself... and ALSO manufactures an argument that he himself should be exempted from the law... then I'll agree he's a hypocrite.

But what I heard him say was that he's not a victim. And he's allowed to defend himself in court just like any other addict is - I doubt he ever said they shouldn't get their day in court. For Rush to be a hypocrite, we'd have to establish that A) he broke the law and B) he doesn't believe he's subject to it.

Neither point has been made.

How do you know he wouldn't serve his jail time without principled protest? If he did so, frankly, he could maintain a stand against drugs without being a hypocrite.

The notion seems to be that if, for example, I supported laws against murder, and then I committed a murder, that automatically means that I lied and I always supported legalizing murder all along. I don't think that follows.

Qwinn

[k2blader]

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