What does this phrase mean? 不是叫人看着自相矛盾吗

[anonymoose]

I got this sentence from a page off the internet:

可是，我打了校长，现在又欢迎他复职，不是叫人看着自相矛盾吗？

How would one translate 不是叫人看着自相矛盾吗 into English, and what is the general grammatical structure here (in the 叫人看着自相矛盾 part)?

Thanks.

[HashiriKata]

1. Translation: 不是叫人看着自相矛盾吗 = Wouldn't this cause people to think that I'm self-contradictory?

(Or: Wouldn't this cause people to see it as a self-contradiction?)

2. Grammar: 叫= cause; 人= people; 看着= see, think; 自相矛盾= self-contradictory (自相矛盾 is a proverb)

[anonymoose]

Thanks, Hashiri, for your reply.

So how is 着 pronounced here? Is the use of 看着 specific to this kind of construction? Could one use 认为 here instead of 看着?

I think the problem I'm having here is with the 看着 part

[HashiriKata]

I think the problem I'm having here is with the 看着 part

Ok, this is as much as I can tell:

着 here is pronounced as "zhe", it's the suffix you add to a verb to indicate duration.