@QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 days agoWas the whole TikTok drama a bait-and-switch to make Trump look good?www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1537arrow-down128
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minus-square@Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 days agoHypocrisy: The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess Having no values or beliefs and being self-consistent with ulterior personal values does not change the definition of the word. If one professes beliefs, feelings, or values that one does not possess, one is a hypocrite.
minus-square@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 days agoCan you really call it “professing” if nobody actually believes you and you know nobody will believe you?
minus-square@Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 days agoYes. Profess: 1) To affirm openly; declare or claim. 2) To make a pretense of; pretend. If one makes a pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, or values that one does not hold, one is a hypocrite. Whether anyone else understands the pretenses of the hypocrite or not does not change the definitions of the words.
Hypocrisy: The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess
Having no values or beliefs and being self-consistent with ulterior personal values does not change the definition of the word.
If one professes beliefs, feelings, or values that one does not possess, one is a hypocrite.
He’s also a habitual liar.
Can you really call it “professing” if nobody actually believes you and you know nobody will believe you?
Yes.
Profess: 1) To affirm openly; declare or claim. 2) To make a pretense of; pretend.
If one makes a pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, or values that one does not hold, one is a hypocrite.
Whether anyone else understands the pretenses of the hypocrite or not does not change the definitions of the words.