# Ever get that sinking realization that you're a huge hypocrite? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 20, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166 "2006-10-20T00:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/21 "2006-10-21T19:59:28Z")
I was born into a republican family I was raised in a republican , methodist family. I liked Nixon. I voted for Reagan. I voted for Bush the honest one. I am not not republican or methodist. I could not bring myself to vote for Gore the Big Chemical guy, or Bush II, ( the better part of him ran down his mommas leg) so I voted Nader. fine lot of good that did. Next time I voted Kerry, just to get King George out. Fine lot of good that did me. So anyway, back to topic, we are all hypocrites. Anytime I want to know what is really pissing me off about my wife I look in the mirror, because she is acting like me. We all view others in the light of ourselfs, and none of us measure up to perfection. Well a few do, and they are called psychotic. Realiziling that one is hypocritical if not a bad thing, it is a step toward beng a better person. I got a few hundred yards to go… ---
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/22 "2006-10-21T20:02:05Z")
and remembering to check for typos would be another step. ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/23 "2006-10-21T23:34:42Z")
Yeah, I’m a hypocrite. I used to be morbidly obese. When I was fat I used to say that it’s character not personal appearance that counts. I deplored people who discriminated against the portly. Then I had a gastric bypass and joined a gym. Six month after the surgery, I’m down from a size 26 to a 12 (and still losing - gonna keep going til I reach size 8.) And guess what? Now that I’m almost slim, I find _I’m_ prejudiced against fat folks. I’m not proud of it, but it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/24 "2006-10-21T23:44:33Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] He had a relationship with a person who was legally a consenting adult more than 30 years ago and the Democrats did not conspire to cover it up. I don’t blame you guys for constantly trying to play this card. You really don’t have much else, but what does it tell you that you have to go back to the early 70’s to find even such a weak _tu quoque_ as this one? [/QUOTE] You totally mis the point, pehaps by design. It’s not Foley’s actions that reflect badly on the republicans, it’s their failure to deal w/ it and possibly trying to cover it up that’s the problem. More than a bit hypocritcal in view of a “family values” platform. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/25 "2006-10-22T03:39:25Z")
Anyone else find it ironic that the OP’s revelation was standing back and realizing “woah, I got stuck in the “our side vs their side” irrational political knee-jerk reaction, and I was being a hypocrite” and the response to the threads are people who are having our side vs their side knee-jerk reactions? ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/26 "2006-10-22T23:16:53Z")
I like to think of myself as a brave person of integrity, but I have to admit I have been a hypocrite due to cowardice. I don’t like to categorize people by race. Because of this, I usually check the ‘other’ box or ‘decline to state’ when asked to give my race. If the form permits checking multiple boxes, sometimes I check off several of them. However, when it came time to apply for a home loan, I checked ‘white’ because I thought it would give me a slight edge. Another thing is my dismay and outrage at our government’s recent suspension of habeas corpus and embracing of torture. If I had the courage of my convictions, I would make some kind of protest at work. Nothing disruptive, just something to catch people’s attention. But I don’t want to risk losing my job or being passed over for promotion, so I don’t do anything. Okay, I sometimes quietly bring up the issue with my coworkers in hopes of getting their support, but it doesn’t amount to anything. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/27 "2006-10-22T23:29:22Z")
[QUOTE=Leaper] …Any of y’all ever had a moment like this? [/QUOTE] Yes, but not this year. Vote Democratic, hold nose as necessary. The difference will be 2 years of arguing how soon to leave, as opposed to 2 years arguing about how long to stay. Troop levels will remain unchanged. :smack: Er, did I say ‘Not this year’? I meant ‘Yes, this year too’. Fuck it, hold your nose and vote Democratic. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/28 "2006-10-23T15:09:15Z")
[QUOTE=Glassy] I have a co-worker who recently came out as Female-to-Male transgendered. (Forgive me if I’m using the wrong terminology here. Maddie is now Matt.) To my knowledge I’d never met a transgendered person before. I’ve always supported the right of people to be free to express their true natures; it’s certainly no place of mine to judge. However, I’ve had an awfully hard time referring to Matt as “he.” I’m trying, but it’s not coming easily. And I must admit that, deep down in my soul, I’m struggling with this defensive reaction, along these lines: hey, what’s wrong with being a woman? I’m a woman! Don’t you like women? What’s the matter with you? This is illogical and silly and just plain wrong, but there you go. I’ve never said anything like that to Matt or to any of my other co-workers, but it’s in there. I’m working on it. [/QUOTE] I’m not asking this to criticize you, but merely to understand: Did you know Matt as Maddy? Or, are you suddenly having trouble calling Matt ‘he’ now that you know that he was once a female? If it’s B, that is sort of difficult for me to understand; it wouldn’t be as though you’d seen him in female clothing, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/29 "2006-10-23T19:36:44Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] I’m not asking this to criticize you, but merely to understand: Did you know Matt as Maddy? Or, are you suddenly having trouble calling Matt ‘he’ now that you know that he was once a female? If it’s B, that is sort of difficult for me to understand; it wouldn’t be as though you’d seen him in female clothing, etc. [/QUOTE] Oh yes – I knew Matt as Maddy for about four years. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/30 "2006-10-23T21:59:05Z")
[QUOTE=Leaper] For reasons unknown to me (masochism? keeping informed?), I browse conservative blogs with a little regularity. Many commentators, while disgusted with the current crop of Republican leaders, are telling their readers to hold their nose and donate/vote Republican strongly, because anything’s got to be better than letting the Democrats in. [/QUOTE] Wellll…some folks may be saying this. Frankly, I’m voting Republican because all the Democrats are doing is saying, “Hey, vote for us. We’re not Republicans”. But I’ll be holding my nose as I do. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/31 "2006-10-23T23:23:55Z")
I’m a feminist with a subscription to Vogue. :o ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166/32 "2006-10-24T00:16:28Z")
I came to the conclusion that if you watch anybody long enough. You’ll see them do something hypocritical. Anybody. Well, except for me, that is. Hey, what are you all looking at? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-that-sinking-realization-that-youre-a-huge-hypocrite/377166.md?page=1)