Am I a hypocrite (version 2)

[sageoftruth]

I dislike the idea of emphasizing posture over substance (Examples: Gangsta gestures, calling people "bro", or pretty much anything that's just there to convey an image that's probably not the real you). On the other hand, I also look down on people who are impolite and would rather call someone stupid than politely disagree. Is there hipocrisy in this?

 

[Griphphin]

Everyone is a hypocrite on some level if you consider every single thing about yourself reflected on your principles. Everything is within reason, so don't expect all of your principles to reflect all of your feelings towards things.

 

[Judgement101]

Probably, I'm a hypocrit because I dislike the Halo series to an extreme but I bought Halo: Reach...(It's just too awesome!)

 

[Daffy F]

A little bit. I realised to my horror the other day, that I was goading people into an argument, just so I could have the moral high ground. I didn't realise I was doing it, and I was pretty disgusted with myself...

 

[The Heik]

I dislike the idea of emphasizing posture over substance (Examples: Gangsta gestures, calling people "bro", or pretty much anything that's just there to convey an image that's probably not the real you). On the other hand, I also look down on people who are impolite and would rather call someone stupid than politely disagree. Is there hipocrisy in this?

You bet your keister there is. People who you call impolite ARE emphasizing substance over posture. I myself prefer someone who is brutally blunt to someone who is brutally polite. I've never understood why all that posturing is necessary. It takes longer to actually get anything done.

 

[Good morning blues]

I dislike the idea of emphasizing posture over substance (Examples: Gangsta gestures, calling people "bro", or pretty much anything that's just there to convey an image that's probably not the real you). On the other hand, I also look down on people who are impolite and would rather call someone stupid than politely disagree. Is there hipocrisy in this?

I wouldn't call this hypocritical; there's nothing wrong with being polite, and it doesn't necessarily compromise one's honesty. I do think it's a pretty immature stance, though. The examples that you give of "emphasizing posture over substance" don't really illustrate that concept to me. Sure, it's ridiculous for some suburban white kid to be throwing up gang signs, but it's equally ridiculous to condemn someone who actually did grow up in the projects for the same thing. At that point, you're just criticizing people for communicating differently than you do.

 

[faspxina]

I heard when we complain about other people's flaws, we usually tend to complain about that one thing that we're also guilty of.

So... I guess that's just human nature.