The Corner

Re: Bennett

Andrew, that’s all fine and good and fair. But all of these arguments you and others make about pot v. gambling, individual freedom etc. are all legitimate. But they don’t go to whether Bennett’s a hypocrite. They go to whether he’s wrong or right. Imagine I honestly think stealing avocados isn’t theft, but I tell the world not to steal other kinds of produce. If I get caught stealing avocados, I would be a thief and an idiot, but I wouldn’t be a hypocrite. Being wrong about gambling — if he is wrong — doesn’t make Bennett a fraud, it makes him wrong. But for some reason this culture has a real problem saying people are wrong, but thinks it’s easy to call people hypocrites. Worse, our culture thinks it’s worse to be a hypocrite than to be wrong.

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