Comments on: Kenny Chesney’s Comments About Fan Voting Are On The Money

By: Rascal Flatts rocks!

Rascal Flatts rocks! — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:40:22 +0000

Rascal Flatts rocks! I voted for them!

By: Stormy

Stormy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:19:26 +0000

The validity of his arguements aside, one does have to question if even he believes them when he has done nothing either before or after the awards to back up his opinon with actions and he does nothing on a daily basis that reflects a disagreement with the overall way that business as usual is done.

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:16:36 +0000

The point hairandtoenails and I are trying to make are that the validity of his comments are independent of his credibility. Someone with no credibility at all could say the sky is blue, but their lack of credibility doesn’t make the comment any less valid if the sky is indeed blue. Credibility may indeed factor into certain arguments, but I don’t think it pertains to this discussion. His statements are worth examining on their own and anything about his credibility is just a question of character.

By: Razor X

Razor X — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:59:25 +0000

I have to agree with Stormy on this one. I was arguing the same points right after the award was presented. I don’t understand why his credibility would not matter.

By: hairandtoenails

hairandtoenails — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:41:54 +0000

I understand that, Stormy. I guess I just don’t see why it matters.

In other words, I think that if Chesney didn’t believe a word he said, it would be irrelevant from the perspective of what should be done about the awards. If Chesney believed certain things only when they help him, it would be irrelevant from that perspective too.

I’m no Kenny defender. But it seems to me his speech is an argument about the merits of different criteria for the awards. And in evaluating whether his ideas for the awards are good ones, I guess I just don’t see how his sincerity matters much.

I guess for me, it doesn’t much matter what Kenny really thinks, or what’s in his heart, at least on this issue.

By: Stormy

Stormy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:30:37 +0000

I’m not talking about his credibity as a sincere person, I’m talking about his credibility as a person who does not agree with the way the EOY award was awarded.

By: hairandtoenails

hairandtoenails — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:48:35 +0000

Stormy – I don’t think Chesney’s credibility is important here. He could be sincere or insincere, but what matters is whether his arguments are convincing.

Sometimes sincerity matters – I’d care about his sincerity if I needed to depend on his actions in the future, if I for some reason needed to know how he truly felt about something.

But this is a case, I think, where his credibility as a sincere person seems irrelevant. He could be totally disingenuous, but if his arguments are plausible they deserve consideration. This is a case where the source of the arguments seems somewhat irrelevant in evaluating their merits.

By: Stormy

Stormy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:03:34 +0000

The point is his credibility: Why believe him when he says that he has a problem with the award when he apparently doesn’t have any problems with the award?

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:59:55 +0000

I think such questions in this instance are either irrelevant or an attempt to smear his character; unless there’s a deeper issue that pushed him over the edge, which I don’t believe to be the case, so what’s the the point?

By: Stormy

Stormy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:52:47 +0000

Its not like there hasn’t been precedence for giving an award either back or to someone else.