RUSH: I'M NO HYPOCRITE

New York Post ^ | 11/25/03 | JOHN MAINELLI

[kattracks]

November 25, 2003 -- A sneak-attack caller yesterday launched Rush Limbaugh into a defense against charges he was a hypocrite for demanding tough sentences for drug users while he himself was taking black-market pain killers. "It's not hypocritical because my behavior doesn't determine the value of right and wrong - nobody's does," Limbaugh told listeners.

[OldEagle]

"One thing Rush hasn't done yet, that I would like to see him do one day, is apologize."

Apologize to whom? He certainly owes me no apology.Why would he owe you one?

[LakeLady]

>>>Does that make them hypocrites?<<<

Yes.

It most certainly does not make them hypocrites. Hopefully as you mature and start raising your children you have gained knowledge and wisdom by learning from your youthful mistakes. As a parent, you incorporate that wisdom in guiding your children. That's not hypocrisy, it is good parenting. The people who give their children free rein because they are unable to admit some of what they did when young was wrong are misguided and perhaps, a bit weak or lazy.

[dwilli]

That's just a mindless sheeple-like reply, coming from someone who apparently has to look to a radio personality for their daily thoughts.

[Central Scrutiniser]

I've missed all the shows, as I'm a bit out of radio range now (Cambodia), but what bothers me most about him is that no one ever talks about how he, in the position of employer, subjected his employee to great danger and harm and had her committing felonies for him, that is pretty low-class at best, and criminal at the worst.

[bullseye1911]

I am sure there are a lot of parents out there who do not want their kids doing some of the stupid things they did as kids. Does that make them hypocrites? 7 posted on 11/25/2003 3:36 AM CST by ambrose [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies | Report Abuse ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: ambrose >>>Does that make them hypocrites?<<< Yes. 8 posted on 11/25/2003 3:37 AM CST by Greg Weston

I disagree, It's only hypocritical if parents continue to practice bad behavior while punishing their kids for the same. Otherwise parents are giving their kids the benefit of the parents life experiences.

If I were to abide by your definition, I couldn't correct any of my kids bad behavior had I done the same in the past.

[mhking]

homeless advocate Mitch Williams death.

That would have been Mitch Snyder.

[Dane]

That's just a mindless sheeple-like reply, coming from someone who apparently has to look to a radio personality for their daily thoughts

LOL, your reply is typical liberal patronizing elitism.

[mhking]

One thing Rush hasn't done yet, that I would like to see him do one day, is apologize.

Apologize to whom?

[bullseye1911]

I am sure there are a lot of parents out there who do not want their kids doing some of the stupid things they did as kids. Does that make them hypocrites? Yes - and I'm guilty.

Only if you continue to commit the same stupid behaviors.

[mhking]

That's just a mindless sheeple-like reply

How is is reply mindless?

[mhking]

I am sure there are a lot of parents out there who do not want their kids doing some of the stupid things they did as kids. Does that make them hypocrites?

No, it means you wish them to not only learn from your mistakes, but to move above and beyond where you were. There is no hypocracy in that.

[dwilli]

So it is acceptable to make light of death unless the death
is someone close to your home or your mindset.

[Yeti]

I'll tell you what would make him a hypocrite: calling for harsh sentences while simultaneously doing his best to avoid any jail time for himself. Or, if he had been calling for harsh sentencing back when he was actually using, that would certainly have been hypocritical.

But, hypocrisy or no hypocrisy, heavy penalties for minor crimes is not right, and the WoD is just as wrong as it ever was.

[Greg Weston]

>>>If I were to abide by your definition, I couldn't correct any of my kids bad behavior had I done the same in the past.<<<

Why not? They live under your roof don't they? You are in charge of them. Most people are hypocrites more or less. Including myself. I recognize it and move on. There are many examples I could give...most men who look at a dirty magazine or whatever sure wouldn't want their daughter to be the one in it would they? A guy could get drunk now and then, doesn't mean you want your kids to do that. It doesn't necessarily mean you are less of a person. It just means you have a touch of hypocrisy. Just like Limbaugh.

[Greg Weston]

>>Mitch Williams<<

Some Phillies fans were probably hoping for his suicide after the 93 World Series.

[jaime1959]

The caller "Mike from Miami" had made an innocent comment about a congressional vote and then suddenly blurted, "How do you equate hypocrisy and addiction, pillhead?"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

So you want to change your statement now? As I said, merely not wanting your children to do something which you did as a child does NOT make one a hypocrite. Being a hypocrite requires pretending to be something you're not. If you are asking your child to not do a behavior that you are continuing to do, then you may be a hypocrite. (Some behavior is age appropriate.) If you tell your child that you didn't do something as a child which you actually did then you are being hypocritical. (I would agree that sometimes this may be necessary.) Your original statement was too simplistic.

[bullseye1911]

Sorry, I still have to disagree with your definition.

The American Heritage Dictionary definition: Hypocrisy, The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess: insincerity.

The fact that you had committed a stupid or morally wrong act in the past, does not render you a hypocrite when disavowing said act later, unless you continue that act. Regards.

[Russ]

Well, you certainly added alot to this conversation...

[mhking]

So it is acceptable to make light of death unless the death is someone close to your home or your mindset.

I never said that. All I did was to ask how the other gentleman's reply was mindless.

To follow in your "when did you stop beating your wife" vein, am I personally guilty of making light of others' misfortune? Yes. In that light, am I a hypocrite? Happily so.

Now, can you answer my original question for me? How is the other gentleman's reply mindless?