Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~Rudeness is just an uncharitable word for honesty.
~What’s the opposite of being rude: being polite. And polite is just a nice term for lying.
~It’s entertaining. Comedians often reveal meaningful and humorous truth by being deliberately rude and clever.
~When you say an unpleasant truth, people will wiggle their minds out of hearing it if there’s any way they can. So rudeness communicates so clearly that it denies them the ability to pretend you didn’t mean what you said.
~Rudeness is apparently in fairly high demand, look at Talk Radio and TV shows.
~Jesus was extremely rude, sometimes to His enemies and other times to His disciples.
~Paul was rude to Peter’s face and in talking about the Judaizers.
~When something is gravely serious, rudeness is the only appropriate way to express yourself and the significance of the issue.
~Rude people get what they want. They get things done.
~When the other person in the interaction is morally dense, rudeness may be the only successful strategy for penetrating his mental fog.
Links:
In defense of rudeness (Time)
In defense of rudeness (Blog)
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