Define disingenuous, please
- Matthew Parris is a former Conservative MP and one of Britain’s most loved political journalists who regularly writes for the Times.
- He has an established reputation as an iconoclast and, as an openly gay atheist, has surprised people by writing in defence of Christian missionaries and in support of the idea thathomosexuality is in part a conscious choice.
- However, his latest offering, ‘Religion does not belong in the small print’, lacks his usual rigour and clarity.
- Parris is arguing that people who have faith-based convictions should declare this to be the case when they speak publicly on issues where their faith might have some bearing.
- On the surface, this seems a not unreasonable request.
- Public figures should not attempt to conceal their personal or worldview convictions, especially if these have an influence on their views about an important issue of public policy.
- But Parris seems to be saying more than this and his argument is, on this occasion, flawed.
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