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The truthfulness of a statement (criticism, praise or anything else) is not invalidated by the behavior of the speaker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque
by eeZah7Ux 8y ago
The truthfulness of a statement (criticism, praise or anything else) is not invalidated by the behavior of the speaker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque
"Tu quoque or the appeal to hypocrisy is an informal logical fallacy that intends to discredit the opponent's argument by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with its conclusion(s)."
- magduf 8y agoYou're talking about a logical fallacy. That doesn't carry much weight in the court of public opinion, where you're trying to actually convince someone of something. If the person doing the arguing is a complete hypocrite, it's pretty normal for others to not even bother listening to the argument. If you want to sway opinions, you need to have an advocate that people will believe.