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minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoHypocrites shouldn’t be taken seriously. If someone professes X should be done and is choosing not to do it, they belie their own stance.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoPeople put far too much emphasis on hypocrisy. Being a hypocrite has nothing to do with whether you are right or wrong. If a murderer says “murdering is wrong”, does him being a hypocrite make that statement any less true?
Hypocrites shouldn’t be taken seriously. If someone professes X should be done and is choosing not to do it, they belie their own stance.
People put far too much emphasis on hypocrisy. Being a hypocrite has nothing to do with whether you are right or wrong.
If a murderer says “murdering is wrong”, does him being a hypocrite make that statement any less true?