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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
People talking about hypocrisy as if it were the worst thing in the world. Hypocrisy means you're half-right. Hypocrisy is an improvement over being consistently wrong.
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Hypocrisy doesn't mean that you're "half-right" and I don't think that it is an improvement over being consistently wrong.
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People who seem to think that "hypocrite!" can take the place of an argument against a particular position. It only proves inconsistency, if it even does that. It can't pinpoint the correct solution. When it comes to individual issues, hypocrisy is irrelevant.
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I agree. I think that "hypocrisy" gets thrown around a lot. There are appropriate applications of the term, especially in character debates. However, it's often not applicable, and even when it is, it may not be relevant to the issue at hand.
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Originally Posted by VirFighter
What I can't stand is when a certain political point of view brings on personal attacks from others.
This is why I hate the personal attacks on President Bush. Attack him for his politics all you want, but attacking someone because they are not the most polished speaker in the world and sometimes stumble on words or pronounciations is childish.
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Political discussions that devolve into personal attacks are annoying. I agree.
I don't think that applies to the POTUS though. Attacking President Bush because he is not a polished speaker is a legitimate critique of his performance in his job. Part of his role as POTUS is speaking for the USA. If you think that the way that he speaks reflects poorly on the USA, then it is reasonable to critique his speech.
Some of my gripes:
Children that don't behave in public.
Parents that don't monitor their children in public.
Adults that don't behave in public.
Adults that use derogatory terms for children, terms that wouldn't be acceptable if they were applied to any other segment of the population.
Generally, people with disdain for parents and children.
People that assume that everyone should have children to be truly happy.
People who say "The world is such a horrible place, how could you choose to bring a child into it?" I want to respond, "If the world is so horrible, why don't you kill yourself and make more room for the rest of us."
People that use "But what about the children" to restrict the freedom of others, freedoms that may not even affect children.