I mean, it is a logical fallacy, in that it is an attempt to dismiss the validity of the argument through a variation of ad hominem. Again, whether or not the p

I mean, it is a logical fallacy, in that it is an attempt to dismiss the validity of the argument through a variation of ad hominem. Again, whether or not the person making the argument is a hypocrite, a monster, or a talking dolphin has no bearing on the validity of their argument. The argument's validity rests purely on its own merits, regardless of who espouses or expresses it. I can be a smoker and admit that smoking is absolutely horrible for you. Just because I am a smoker doesn't mean that the statement that smoking is horrible for you is incorrect. I think we're just talking about two fundamentally different things. 1) Whether or not people are hypocrites (and yes, they definitely are). 2) Whether or not that hypocrisy invalidates their arguments (and no, it has no bearing on the validity of their argument).