# I pit hypocrisy-hunters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 25, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519 "2009-09-25T15:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/1 "2009-09-25T15:09:51Z")
I agree with Airman Doors here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11595781&postcount=9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11595781&postcount=9) > [@](#): > > Every single one of you are morons. Right-wing this, left-wing that, it doesn’t matter. In your zeal to play gotcha games you perpetuate that which you claim to disdain. Is it any wonder that hatemongers are able to co-opt so many people? Oh, but they’re just dumb right-wingers, right? Wrong. They are merely reflecting the current dynamic. > > … > > I universally condemn each and every one of these sorts of OPs. Am I really the only one that finds this nonsense exasperating? 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? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/2 "2009-09-25T15:13:16Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I agree with Airman Doors here: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11595781&postcount=9](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! ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/3 "2009-09-25T15:13:26Z")
Hell burns hottest for hypocrites. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/4 "2009-09-25T15:31:40Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > 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? I’m pretty sure the board’s daily post count would drop by 20% right there. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/5 "2009-09-25T22:59:57Z")
Personally, I like to collect the mouth froth of other posters. I put it on my pancakes instead of whipped cream. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/6 "2009-09-25T23:06:30Z")
Oh yeah? Well, then why haven’t you also pitted not-hypocrites? What exactly do you have to hide? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/7 "2009-09-25T23:09:59Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I agree with Airman Doors here: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11595781&postcount=9](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? 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? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/8 "2009-09-25T23:10:28Z")
Hypocrite Hunters? Is that the new show on Fox? ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/9 "2009-09-25T23:14:14Z")
It’d be nice to find a post you made complaining about someone for being a hypocrite, just for the irony of it. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/10 "2009-09-25T23:19:21Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Hypocrite Hunters? > > Is that the new show on Fox? No, Syfy. EDIT: Fox would show When Hypocrites Attack. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/11 "2009-09-25T23:22:55Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > 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? Not a chance. Too many people thrive on the crap here. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/12 "2009-09-25T23:44:18Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’m pretty sure the board’s daily post count would drop by 20% right there. And the signal to noise ratio would rise a corresponding amount. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/13 "2009-09-25T23:49:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/14 "2009-09-25T23:55:10Z")
Foolish consistency is the hogoblin of little minds? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/15 "2009-09-25T23:58:23Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I agree with Airman Doors here: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11595781&postcount=9](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? It would be refreshing. I fear they would then find the boards to be as satisfying as receiving a one handed clap on Broadway. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/16 "2009-09-26T00:33:10Z")
Wait… as refreshing as the clap? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/17 "2009-09-26T19:30:32Z")
Would you support it if it had a defined season and daily limit? So the species isn’t overhunted? ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/18 "2009-09-26T20:43:09Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > 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? 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. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/19 "2009-09-26T20:48:47Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519/20 "2009-09-26T22:37:51Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > 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? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-hypocrisy-hunters/511519.md?page=2)