Ramesh, a friend of mine went to hear Hauerwas speak in Chicago recently. I asked him this afternoon if Hauerwas’ speech was “idiotic.” He replied:
I wouldn’t say he was entirely stupid about the war, but he took quite a few cheap shots at President Bush. I think the cheapest shot was saying that he’d like to know whether Bush has ever paid any price for his Christian faith. (To which I would respond that simply being a wartime president is one hell of a price to pay.)
“Cheap shot” is a charitable way to describe that kind of remark, if you ask me.