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No. These words do not have the same basic definition. Hypocrisy: The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; f
by Andrew_nenakhov 4y ago
No. These words do not have the same basic definition.
Hypocrisy: The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness. [0]
Paradox: A statement that seems to contradict itself but may nonetheless be true. [1]
Every time I see someone here mentioning someone the paradox of tolerance, it is to support restriction of speech for someone else. (someone really bad, of course - fascist, antivaxer, racist, you name it), and these people always hypocritically consider that they support free speech, just not for those bad people.
[0]: https://www.wordnik.com/words/hypocrisy https://www.wordnik.com/words/hypocrisy
[1]: https://www.wordnik.com/words/paradox https://www.wordnik.com/words/paradox
- bryanlarsen 4y agoI'm not sure how you can accuse people of hypocrisy for being intolerant of the intolerant when they just told you they're being intolerant of the intolerant.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoBecause they consider themselves tolerant, but with an escape clause, and fail to admit that this clause makes them intolerant too.