I pit hypocrisy-hunters

I agree with Airman Doors here:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11595781&postcount=9

Can we give the “why haven’t the liberals/conservatives/vegetarians/meat-eaters/atheists/god-botherers condemned X when they condemned Y” posts a rest?

Amen!

Hell burns hottest for hypocrites.

I’m pretty sure the board’s daily post count would drop by 20% right there.

Personally, I like to collect the mouth froth of other posters. I put it on my pancakes instead of whipped cream.

Oh yeah?
Well, then why haven’t you also pitted not-hypocrites?
What exactly do you have to hide?

Well it can show their ideology is self serving, and inconsistent. Take the statement “X is wrong!”. If they do things that could be considered X is it wrong to point that out?

Hypocrite Hunters?

Is that the new show on Fox?

It’d be nice to find a post you made complaining about someone for being a hypocrite, just for the irony of it.

No, Syfy.

EDIT: Fox would show When Hypocrites Attack.

Not a chance. Too many people thrive on the crap here. Sorry.

And the signal to noise ratio would rise a corresponding amount.

I’d settle for having it so that “inconsistent” or “contradictory” or “falling short of your own standard” stopped being mislabeled as “hypocritical”. The first three are perfectly good accusations to make against the person or argument that incurs in them w/o reaching for the more morally censorious descriptor.

Foolish consistency is the hogoblin of little minds?

It would be refreshing.

I fear they would then find the boards to be as satisfying as receiving a one handed clap on Broadway.

Wait… as refreshing as the clap?

Would you support it if it had a defined season and daily limit? So the species isn’t overhunted?

Only a person whose personal societal and political ideals are currently being met would make such a statement. Essentially saying that your people are in power and your views are being serviced, so stop all the criticism already.

I’m sure that you will also agree in the future, after the winds change as they always do, that you agree to keep your mouth shut then.

Nice try, no cigar.

Criticism pushes policy into the light where it needs to be examined. Be it liberals/conservatives/vegetarians/meat-eaters/atheists/god-botherers, their chains need to be continually yanked.

So criticize the policy. Criticizing the other side for one supposed hypocrisy or another leads to polarization and fighting over petty shit.

Even when their argument for policy is based on hypocrisy?