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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Hardly. That's not what hypocrisy means. It's not hypocritical to hold others and (one's self) to high standards even though we know we will all from time to time fail to meet them.
Hypocrisy, by definition, is pretending to have values or moral standards that you do not actually have. It is holding others to a standard, and giving the appearances of holding yourself to that same standard, when in fact you do not hold yourself to that standard.
As long as you are acknowledging your faults and trying to do better, than it's not hypocrisy.
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I would agree; however, SB hasn't indicated anywhere in this thread that he is "pretending to have values or moral standards that [he] does not actually have", and yet he is accused of hypocrisy. I don't think it's a fair charge. I don't agree with his values/moral standards about 90% or more of the time, but he does seem pretty consistent on them and I see no reason to believe that he doesn't truly hold those values.
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