To call someone a hypocrite is to judge them. You're making a statement about their moral integrity. It's no good saying "I'm not judging you mate but you're a fucking hypocrite", because that's basically in the same world as saying "I'm not being racist but..." before adding something horribly racist.
If you're going to question a "problematic tendency", you're making a moral judgement right there because you're deciding something is "problematic". When you say "I find this aspect of a person's personality to be problematic", you're making a moral judgement....see problematic tendencies w/o drawing moral conclusions about a person
"Hypocrite" is exactly this. If I call someone a hypocrite for promoting a virtue they don't adhere to, it's because I see that as a "problematic tendency" in a person, or in plain English, it makes them a wanker. I'm judging them.
Originally Posted by wufwugy
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