▲ | xpe 2 days ago | |||||||
I think you mean hypocritical. To answer: no, and even if it was a “yes” it wouldn’t affect the argument I was making. I’ll explain. I was wondering how long it would take for this kind of meta-critique would pop up. Meta critiques are interesting: some people use them as zingers, hoping to dismantle someone else’s entire position. But they almost never accomplish that because they are at a different level of argument: they aren’t engaging with the argument itself. Meta-critiques are more like an argument against the person crafting the argument. In this sense, they function not unlike ad hominem attacks while sneakily remaining fair game. Lastly, even if I was a hypocrite, it wouldn’t necessarily mean that I was wrong — it would simply make me inconsistent in the application of a principle. | ||||||||
▲ | slashdave 2 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Oh, I see. Next time I make a mistake, I'll just skip the apology, and claim "I was inconsistent in applying a principle." Yeah, I meant hypocritical. For some reason I couldn't find the right word. | ||||||||
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