From: Randall Parker 

You are just adding more rhetorical flourish to the idea that he is against
illegal drug use. So he railed against illegal drug use and for strong
enforcement. I already understand this and expected this of him even though
I've never heard him go on about the subject.

As for his breaking laws: if so then have him be prosecuted.

But this is besides the point: should a person not take a position strongly
for the criminalization of some forms of drug use just because the person
has a drug addiction? Is it hypocrisy to be against something that you do
yourself? He could sincerely believe what he says and still abuse drugs. I
just looked up the word "hypocrite" and it only applies if you
don't really believe what you profess to believe. My guess is that he
sincerely believes it but started taking pain killers for some pain and got
hooked. It happens to a lot of people who sincerely oppose recreational
drug use.

BTW, are you sure he bought the drugs off the street? I know one abuser who
assures me that she gets her vicodin legally. It is probably fairly easy to
do depending on which doctors one is seeing.

Judy Folkenberg wrote:

>
>>>>>The whole problem with the "he is against this and
the hypocrite did it"
>>
>>argument is that people often do things that they and many others think
>>are bad things to do. Lots of sinners know that they sin. Should we
>>prefer or expect the sinners to instead label the sins as virtues or as
>>morally neutral acts?
>
>
> Come on, Randall, that misses the point.  Limbaugh went far beyond labeling.
You can
> label all you want, but that's NOT what Limbaugh did in his radio shows.
Limbaugh
> said (from the W. Post) "we should convict them (drug users) and
send them up
the
> river."  That's not mere labeling.
>
> It's one thing to say you shouldn't do something and then do it yourself.
It's an
> entirely other issue to peach on and on against individuals (the person, not
the act)
> who commit certain acts, to say they're morally inferior (and thus you are
morally
> superior) and to say they should go to jail.  Nah, I don't buy your argument
at all.
> He's said over and over and over again:  Drug abusers belong in jail.  Not
rehab, but
> jail.  He's abused drugs for five years.  I think he should practice what he
preaches.
>
> BTW, I believe Limbaugh broke Federal laws in buying these drugs off the
street.
>
> Judy
>

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