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People talking about hypocrisy as if it were the worst thing in the world. Hypocrisy means you're half-right. Hypocrisy is an improvement over being consistently wrong.
People labeling any combination of views that they don't immediately understand - and don't bother to try understanding - as hypocrisy. Dismissing any possibility of nuance. Too often, alleged hypocrisy on the part of the accused is merely a lack of imagination on the part of the accuser.
People who seem to think that "hypocrite!" can take the place of an argument against a particular position. It only proves inconsistency, if it even does that. It can't pinpoint the correct solution. When it comes to individual issues, hypocrisy is irrelevant.
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I wonder if we're stuck in Rome.
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