Comments on: Stephen Colbert fights the closeminded http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/stephen-colbert-fights-the-closeminded/ Management and Creative Thinking Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:02:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Berkun http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/stephen-colbert-fights-the-closeminded/comment-page-1/#comment-596687 Scott Berkun Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:17:11 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=3116#comment-596687 Beck and Moore are similiar in at least one way: they both are willing to use cheap shots, cherry picking and misrepresenting the statements other people make to suit their own purposes. I think there is a lack of intellectual integrity in anyone who willfully does these things, and most pundits do them. Even if they're right, which sometimes these folks are, their arguments are defeated by the means they use to achieve them. At least as far as Socrates go, or the ideal of Socrates I'm referring to, neither is a contender. Beck and Moore are similiar in at least one way: they both are willing to use cheap shots, cherry picking and misrepresenting the statements other people make to suit their own purposes. I think there is a lack of intellectual integrity in anyone who willfully does these things, and most pundits do them. Even if they’re right, which sometimes these folks are, their arguments are defeated by the means they use to achieve them.

At least as far as Socrates go, or the ideal of Socrates I’m referring to, neither is a contender.

]]> By: Greg http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/stephen-colbert-fights-the-closeminded/comment-page-1/#comment-596647 Greg Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:56:38 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=3116#comment-596647 btw, feel free to delete this msg ... just wanted to say I found your blog today by accident, and love it. I can't email atm due to work restrictions. btw, feel free to delete this msg … just wanted to say I found your blog today by accident, and love it. I can’t email atm due to work restrictions.

]]> By: Greg http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2009/stephen-colbert-fights-the-closeminded/comment-page-1/#comment-596644 Greg Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:44:45 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=3116#comment-596644 It might seem to be a joke if your understanding of Beck is based on 3rd party reports, as opposed to listening to the man himself. As with any controversial person (Michael Moore included), his words routinely get pulled out of context and/or twisted. If you listen to the essence you will hear that he is seriously seeking the truth. However, he throws in a fair dose of comedy - which makes him a target for a) those who disagree and fail to see the humor, or b) those who think that the topics he speaks on do not lend themselves to humor, therefore writing him off in the process. Those who fall into the former category, I believe, are compelled to misquote and generally denigrate him due to his skill in communication. They find it hard to refute, so they don't bother trying. It might seem to be a joke if your understanding of Beck is based on 3rd party reports, as opposed to listening to the man himself. As with any controversial person (Michael Moore included), his words routinely get pulled out of context and/or twisted. If you listen to the essence you will hear that he is seriously seeking the truth. However, he throws in a fair dose of comedy – which makes him a target for a) those who disagree and fail to see the humor, or b) those who think that the topics he speaks on do not lend themselves to humor, therefore writing him off in the process.

Those who fall into the former category, I believe, are compelled to misquote and generally denigrate him due to his skill in communication. They find it hard to refute, so they don’t bother trying.

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