Why do people find hypocrisy bad?
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Why is it considered so bad? Sometimes we brush it off such as when telling others not to make the mistakes we did, but in general, why do many find hypocrisy so abhorrent?
If a person can't even uphold his own maxims then what is the point in listening to him?
>>943879
Because he tells you what you want to hear?
because people still believe in the law of the excluded middle
>>944132
That's no better than lying then, honeyed words mean nothing when their only purpose is to manipulate you
>>943838
If it's admitting a mistake that's a different story.
If someone is stealing while preaching about not stealing, then that's retarded.
>>943838
If you tell me not to punch people while you are in the process of punching peope, you do not actually believe in not punching people, you are trying to manipulate others until only you punch people. It's a power grab. The only exceptions are when someone is trying to keep you from making a mistake they did in the past.
