Hypocrisy accusations are woven into the fabric of politics—they are probably the most common attacks that politicians make. As the political thinker David Runciman notes, hypocrisy is what you reach for “if you wish to do the maximum possible damage to your political opponent in thirty seconds of airtime.” One side will point at, say, right-wing bastions of law and order who want leniency and special favors when their rule breaking comes to light. The other side will mock wealthy left-wing advocates of equality, diversity, and social justice who maneuver furiously to ensure spots at elite universities go to their children, not to those whom they claim to care about. ….[READ]
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