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Sean Hannity Goes After “Marriage Cheating Website” AshleyMadison.com

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Earlier today we wrote a post around a segment from last night’s Hannity in which the host and guest Michelle Malkin railed against Michelle Obama‘s campaign against childhood obesity. The term “nanny state” was thrown around quite liberally while the two alleged that the Obama administration thought we were too stupid to figure out what was good and bad for ourselves. Cut to a few minutes later, Sean Hannity seemed to forget his libertarian ways, and shifted to “moral outrage” mode, as he took on the owner of AshleyMadison.com, a dating site that encourages affairs among married individuals.

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  • MichelleF

    To be fair, Colby, he was in no way advocating the gov’t intervene, he was just disgusted that it existed. Aren’t you?

    I think there is a big difference in the gov’t telling us what we should do (and enforce it through legislation) and someone expressing outrage at something.

  • TylerDurden

    Yes, Colby, like the true lib you are, you support infidelity. Good for you! You live in the shadow of the Kennedys and John Edwards!

    Congrats

  • CJJ2

    Good grief, do you people not know the difference between criticism from a private person and the “nanny state” concept?

    I like this site, but how can you manage to write so often about competing governing philosophies yet know so little about them?

  • badr

    The ad borders on pornographic, they ought to be arrested for soliciting prostitution.

  • The Real Royal King

    Did Hannity express outrage over Gingrich’s pecados or Sanford’s pecado? I don’t think so.

  • The Real Royal King

    TylerDurden says:
    May 13, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    Yes, Colby, like the true lib you are, you support infidelity. Good for you! You live in the shadow of the Kennedys and John Edwards!

    I had no idea Poppy Bush, Ensign, Gingrich, McCain, Sanford and Vitter were liberal.

  • Colby Hall

    Look I understand the difference between the claims that Hannity is making in the two segments. And I’m not sure how TylerDurden surmises that I support infidelity (though I gather he’s just using some provocative hyperbole that runs so rampant on comments.) I am not a fan of Ashley Madison, but it doesn’t particularly disgust me. Its just mostly sad.

  • Snipzor

    I love Sean’s appeals to emotions, that’s his only argument. I can come up with so many more arguments against the website. But I won’t, because I think it’s a somewhat intriguing idea, well, if it adds a swingers aspect to it anyways.

  • TylerDurden

    Colby Hall says:
    May 13, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Look I understand the difference between the claims that Hannity is making in the two segments.”

    The term “nanny state” was thrown around quite liberally while the to alleged that the Obama administration though we were too stupid to figure out what was good and bad for ourselves. Cut to a few minutes later, Sean Hannity seemed to forget his libertarian ways, and shifted to “moral outrage” mode, as he took on the owner of AshleyMadison.com, a dating site that encourages affairs among married individuals.”

    The above proves you don’t understand the difference.

  • badr

    Edwards was nasty, a meat sandwich with Chris Dodd o_O

  • MichelleF

    I don’t care if you are left, right, or center. Can’t we all agree that cheating on your spouse is wrong? I would hope we can.

  • Snipzor

    What if the infidelity is actually consensual and both participated? You know, like swingers parties. Is it still wrong for them?

  • TylerDurden

    Snipzor says:
    May 13, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    I love Sean’s appeals to emotions, that’s his only argument.”

    I guess you didn’t watch the video.

    He talked about the morality of it, the glorification of infidelity and the negative impact it has on the family.

  • germ

    What if the infidelity is actually consensual and both participated? You know, like swingers parties. Is it still wrong for them?

    I don’t consider that cheating. I consider that a lifestyle choice. Cheating is going behind a partner’s back and doing that you wouldn’t do or tell them to their face.

  • The Real Royal King

    MichelleF says:
    May 13, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    I don’t care if you are left, right, or center. Can’t we all agree that cheating on your spouse is wrong? I would hope we can.

    Absolutely, it is wrong. You’ve wronged your spouse in a terribly hurtful manner, and if you are a Christian, you have committed a sin.

    Curiously, Michelle, I know Greta once had ads from this disgusting company. Does she still?

  • MichelleF

    I couldn’t tell you King, I don’t watch her show. I sure hope she doesn’t.

  • CJJ2

    Colby Hall: “Look I understand the difference between the claims that Hannity is making in the two segments.”

    Then why did you imply that Hannity was not being consistent by not applying his “libertarian ways” to both?

    The best explanation is you just had a brain cramp. Which is understandable with the amount of content you have to produce.

    The less charitable explanation is that you really have never given libertarian/conservative thought much serious contemplation (even if only to criticize it), and that most of what you know about right-leaning Americans is what you’ve gleaned from liberal caricatures of them.

  • TKowalski

    There is a difference between being morally outraged and wanting the government to intervene. I would have thought you would have to be a socialist not to see that!

  • Snipzor

    I thought libertarians didn’t give a shit about what other people do in their own homes.

  • felixw

    Believe it or not, one can still be a libertarian and also believe in maintaining one’s marriage vows.

  • Snipzor

    Yea, but I thought libertarians didn’t give a shit about OTHER PEOPLE.

  • felixw

    You obviously don’t know much about libertarian philosophy. Libertarians are very interested in other people, and especially ensuring everyone’s freedom from intrusive government. Libertarians are actually far more concerned about protecting people’s rights than the Democrat party, which is about expanding the power of the government bureaucracy.

    If you listen to what Hannity is saying in this clip, he explains over and over again that he (Hannity) wouldn’t want to make money from the kinds of web site his guest runs, but at no point does Hannity say this guy should be arrested or legally prevented from doing so. Hannity is not a hard-line libertarian, but even so, there is nothing in this interview that goes against the precepts of libertarianism.

  • Snipzor

    Felix, it’s obvious you have no understanding of libertarian philosophy (Right-wing, or left-wing libertarianism). If libertarians have a problem with what other people do in their own time, or business, they don’t go on tirades against them because it’s none of their business.

  • felixw

    Snipzor, after you have read some Hayek, Friedman, Nozick, Rothbard, Mises, etc. you can come and lecture me on libertarianism. In the meantime, don’t show off your ignorance.

  • Snipzor

    I wrote a paper mocking Mises and Rothbard, how neat that you reference them. How topical.

  • felixw

    If all you got out of reading Mises and Rothbard was that libertarians “don’t give a shit” (your words not mine) about other people, then you should read them again. Maybe you should take a look at Robert Nozick’s Anarchy State Utopia, or read some Leo Strauss. Strauss would explain Hannity’s position in very straightforward terms: namely, the fact that different lifestyles are equally permissible does not imply that they are equally praiseworthy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hilton/1334543387 Stephen Hilton

    I can also note, Hannity is in no way shape or form a libertarian, he is a conservative republican.

  • felixw

    Stephen, you are absolutely right. Hannity is not a full-fledged libertarian, although he has some libertarian views. Conservative Republican is the right label for him.

  • nocountryforwho

    This Noel Biederman guy is a clown and I hate to say I agree with Hannity on this one… Ouch.

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    People should not promote nor take advantages of the moral weaknesses of another. Vice is vice and no one should support it.

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