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When is it fine or justified to be hypocritical?

Asked by mazingerz88 (28821points) August 14th, 2021
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kritiper's avatar

Never. To be hypocritical means you’re probably a waffler.

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smudges's avatar

Just to be sure…you do know that ‘hypo’ would mean less than critical, correct? Hypercritical would mean overly critical. And neither have to do with hypocrisy.

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RedDeerGuy1's avatar

When you are a stand up comedian.

RedDeerGuy1 (24473points)“Great Answer” (3points)
smudges's avatar

Oh jeeeez. I’m so embarrassed. Hypocritical means hypocrisy! One is a noun and one is an adjective! For some reason I read it as hypo-critical. Never mind. <<blushing and exiting stage right>>

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filmfann's avatar

Apparetly, when you are Republican.

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raum's avatar

When you’re asking your kids to make better decisions than you did.

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seawulf575's avatar

@raum I don’t even consider that hypocritical. It is admitting your errors (the antithesis of hypocrisy).

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gondwanalon's avatar

When only you will be hurt by it.
In an effort to not hurt or offend others.
To go along to get along.

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raum's avatar

@seawulf575 I think admitting your errors is one thing. Though there are a lot of things I’d still do—I just don’t want my kids to do them. :P

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