A special case of a strawman argument in which, after being criticized for being hypocritical, one intentionally mischaracterizes the criticism as being an additional layer of hypocrisy.
Person A) "It's pure hypocrisy that after being so concerned with Hillary's private emails, Republicans are shrugging after we find out Ivanka Trump has been sending official White House business emails from a private account."
Person B: "Oh, what? So you were perfectly fine with Hillary doing it, but you care all of a sudden when Ivanka does it? It's YOU who's a hypocrite."
Person A: "Don't pull that retroactive hypocrisy on me. I didn't say anything about my own approval or disapproval of either Hillary or Ivanka."
Person B: "Oh, what? So you were perfectly fine with Hillary doing it, but you care all of a sudden when Ivanka does it? It's YOU who's a hypocrite."
Person A: "Don't pull that retroactive hypocrisy on me. I didn't say anything about my own approval or disapproval of either Hillary or Ivanka."
by bwseventytwo November 19, 2018
Get the Retroactive hypocrisymug. Transparent hypocrisy - like preaching temperance from a bar stool; C-SPAN (seen all those televised proceedings that were promised during the election campaigns?);
- like claiming to be a patriot while giving aid and comfort to the enemy (raising a question about whether the Supreme court decision might somehow eventually allow an imbalance in citizens rights while granting a non-citizen terrorist the full legal rights of a citizen)
- is like worrying about global warming, but not about your globetrotting airplane habit or mansion-sized electric bill
- like claiming to be a patriot while giving aid and comfort to the enemy (raising a question about whether the Supreme court decision might somehow eventually allow an imbalance in citizens rights while granting a non-citizen terrorist the full legal rights of a citizen)
- is like worrying about global warming, but not about your globetrotting airplane habit or mansion-sized electric bill
by op_position February 5, 2010
Get the transparent hypocrisymug. When a country blamed other nations for using their own state-funded vaccines to expand their political and economic influence across the world, and now it is doing the same thing, by promising to donate millions of vaccine doses to developing nations to make up for its geopolitical losses, which arose due to fake political leadership.
To counter China’s and Russia’s vaccine diplomacy in the developing world, the US has succumbed to vaccine hypocrisy, as it plans to donate half a billion Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses globally as a desperate attempt to resurrect its comatose leadership on the world stage.
by MathPlus June 10, 2021
Get the Vaccine Hypocrisymug. The Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP) is also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP) or the Republican party also known as the Repugnicant Party. They say one thing and do another. Their stated ideology is completely intellectually inconsistent and filled with hypocrisy.
The Grand Hypocrisy Party says that they believe in small government, yet what they mean is small enough to fit into your bedroom and personal life where they insist on legislating their own narrow minded morality. They say they believe in fiscal discipline, complain about deficit spending, yet advocate tax cuts for the top 2% of the ultra wealthy and yet don't even pretend to offer a way to pay for them. They say they believe in the Constitution yet have acted to undercut the Constitutional rights of the People and advocate amending the Constitution and abolishing Amendments that guarantee people fundamental rights!
by jmspaesq October 30, 2010
Get the Grand Hypocrisy Partymug. Hypocrisy horse- a person that is self righteous and vociferous in their attitude and is guilty of the same things that they are speaking out against.
I shook my head as she climbed up on her hypocrisy horse, telling me what a slob I am while sitting surrounded by a chaotic mess.
by Monty Shagswell May 20, 2023
Get the hypocrisy horsemug. WOMP! WOMP! WOMP! WOMP! You said the word of the day!!!! I had a thing for hypocrisy primed and ready to go! I've been waiting for a good time to use it (be i would like to use some of these in person) but I guess I'll do it now! WEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Hym "You want to talk about hypocrisy? I got one for you! Ok! So, for the sake of protecting people's identities, we'll call the first guy 'Tyrone.' Why 'Tyrone?' Because the name is cool and the aesthetic of it pleases me AND it's the black equivalent to a 'Chad' in the redpill community. Tyrone (a black man) was fired from his job at a group home for the disabled for leaving 2 out of the 3 clients unattended for 15-20 minutes while he took the 3rd client to his day program. He was not told that the other 2 clients could not be left alone together and other employees had done the same in the past. On the other hand we have... let's call her 'Kendra (a white girl) the retard fucking whore' was NOT fired for leaving 2 out of 3 of the clients unattended while she rode the big ole' schlonger of the 3rd client (something that the retard had insinuated was happening on several occasions, his room smelled like sex, his blood sugar reacted almost exclusively to her presence, the manager stated that one of the other clients had came to her with an accusation, and I was fired for not reporting them) while the second client would watch and go to his dedicated masterbation room to act out what he saw (something the SHE WOULDN'T LET HIM DO WHILE SHE WAS THERE BUT OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD TO ALLOW HIM TO DO) Is that not a blatant hypocrisy? Not that their race is particularly relevant... or maybe it is. Maybe they're also racist."
by Hym Iam December 14, 2022
Get the Hypocrisymug. Oh!? What!? Really!?
Hym "There's hypocrisy involved in the Russell Brand case!? Because he's not getting paid!? OOOOOOOH BOY-OH-GEEZ GUYS! WOW! WHAT A TRAGEDY! HE'S NOT GETTING PAUD FOR HIS CONTENT!? OOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOO!!! IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A MORE CHARISMATIC RAPIST! What an absolute goddamn shame! I wonder if there is anything happening to anyone that is... OH, I DON'T KNOW maybe in a VAGUELY ANALOGOUS situation? Maybe there's like this NOT A FUCKING JUNKIE RAPIST who, I don't know, isn't being paid for the things that he does! But WHO!? WHO COULD THAT PERSON BE!? Oh wait... 😃👈 Is it Hym!? Could it possibly be the not-a-rapist Hym (who you are PERFECTLY AWARE OF BRETT!)? So when it happens to rich junkie rapist is AN ORWELLIAN FUCKING CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND A BLATANT VIOLATION OF THEIR DUE PROCESS and when it happens to me? What? We just fucking pretend it isn't happening and I go fuck myself? Right? WOW! Because it's not that you ACTUALLY CARE. It's DAMAGE CONTROL! Damage control to cover for the fact that IF THE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE.... YOU HAVE BEEN ROBBING AND IGNORING ME (THE GUY WHO CREATED YOUR YOUTUBE LORD AND SAVIOR) WHILE PROMOTING AND PLATFORMING A RAPIST FOR YEARS! HOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT GUYS! YOU! ARE! FUCKING! PATHETIC! Absolutely fucking pathetic! I'm at an actual loss for words! I don't know how to better articulate the contempt I feel for all of you right now so I'm just going to take a nap."
by Hym Iam September 21, 2023
Get the Hypocrisymug.